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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Synthetic pot: not safe

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 19, 2012, 3:39 PM Mar 19, 2012
7

Synthetic pot: Not safe

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Feeling better about the housing market?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 19, 2012, 12:47 PM Mar 19, 2012
8

Despite improving economy, young people still reticent about buying a home.

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The ‘rock star’ heads for the minors

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 19, 2012, 9:26 AM Mar 19, 2012

He still has the smile and super model wife, but Tsuyoshi Nishioka is Rochester bound.

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Who cheats and how in college

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 16, 2012, 11:17 AM Mar 16, 2012
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Students don’t just cheat because they can.

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Irrational Connecticut pride

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 16, 2012, 8:47 AM Mar 16, 2012

Nutmeggers unite!

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The ‘boomerang’ kids are alright

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 15, 2012, 4:30 PM Mar 15, 2012
4

The economy made many of us move home, and that’s OK.

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Take this job ….

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 15, 2012, 1:30 PM Mar 15, 2012
1

“I am leaving…” becomes a sensation.

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MN’s new grad job market tougher than you thought

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 15, 2012, 11:19 AM Mar 15, 2012
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Opportunities for new grads in Minnesota took a dive during the Great Recession.

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North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom in one image

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 15, 2012, 9:56 AM Mar 15, 2012
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The big, red blob from space that is the Bakken.

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Basketball, bandwidth and national security

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 15, 2012, 8:36 AM Mar 15, 2012
2

Having fun watching March Madness? Are a security threat?

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Shakespeare and Pi

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2012, 3:27 PM Mar 14, 2012
3

Are Shakespeare’s plays ‘encoded’ within Pi?

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Remembering the duck-and-cover years

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2012, 1:32 PM Mar 14, 2012
3

The aged Baby Boomers have seen the ‘nuclear fears’ play before.

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Dangers of the lottery pool

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2012, 10:54 AM Mar 14, 2012
12

Of the many mysteries in the world, few are more mysterious than why co-workers pool their money to buy a $1 lottery ticket. Nothing good can happen, especially if you win.

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Five by 8

When legislators fight (5×8 – 3/14/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2012, 7:02 AM Mar 14, 2012
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Politics the old-fashioned way, Doonesbury the Duluth way, is there a price for stifling free speech, desperate churches and young people who don’t go, and the battle of the barber pole.

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The jobs we do

The street sweeper

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2012, 3:43 PM Mar 13, 2012
2

In the midst of light rail construction chaos, a street sweeper sweeps.

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