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A lot eyes fairly rolled in the cycling community when Talk of the Nation announced it would have a segment on today’s show asking whether bicyclists are their own worst enemy.

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Regional history

History in a wheelchair

Bob Collins April 5, 2012, 11:16 AM Apr 5, 2012

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It was a touching moment in Washington today when a group of Minnesota schoolkids was about to board a flight home after a trip to the East Coast.

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Five by 8

Who cares about ‘women’s issues?’ (5×8 – 4/5/12)

Bob Collins April 5, 2012, 7:06 AM Apr 5, 2012

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Do women care more than men, 45 minutes of Helen, death of the cookie, politics and the Minnesota wolf, and a heaping helping of Minnesota.

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Google’s new reality

Bob Collins April 4, 2012, 1:48 PM Apr 4, 2012

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Google unveils Project Glass.

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Hitting a new low in Brainerd

Bob Collins April 4, 2012, 1:16 PM Apr 4, 2012

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Someone has stolen a statue commemorating a three-year-old boy killed in an accident.

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Humans v. technology

Bob Collins April 4, 2012, 12:20 PM Apr 4, 2012

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So what’s a better commentary on the state of technology and society? The human I talked to, or the automation I didn’t?

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A constitutional food fight

Bob Collins April 4, 2012, 11:49 AM Apr 4, 2012

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Justice may be blind but it’s got ears.

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Vikings stadium financing plan offered: Supportive legislators’ cities pay

Bob Collins April 4, 2012, 11:02 AM Apr 4, 2012

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A bill at the Capitol appears to charge communities for a Vikings stadium if their lawmakers support the bill.

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Five by 8

Corruption and the student athlete (5×8 – 4/4/12)

Bob Collins April 4, 2012, 7:18 AM Apr 4, 2012

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Does it matter if college basketball players don’t go to class, money for nothing in Moorhead, the carry-on fee cometh, remembering a flood fighter, and today’s Norway moment.

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Separating fact from fiction in Wisconsin emergency landing

Bob Collins April 3, 2012, 4:05 PM Apr 3, 2012

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The story of the woman who landed a plane in Wisconsin after he husband died sounds a little more dramatic if you ignore the fact the woman clearly knew what she was doing.

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The weapon of rape 20 years later

Bob Collins April 3, 2012, 2:27 PM Apr 3, 2012

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Twenty years ago tomorrow, the war in Bosnia started with the siege in Sarajevo.

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In search of my 1940 family

Bob Collins April 3, 2012, 1:10 PM Apr 3, 2012

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We’re a people who want to be connected to the people who came before. The fact that the 1940 Census website crashed yesterday under the crush of 37 million requests shows that we’re looking for something. But what?

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