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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Troops in the landfill

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 2:47 PM Feb 28, 2012
1

An investigation into why the remains of some war dead was met mostly with a shrug today until someone determined that the unidentified remains of victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon were sent there, too.

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Nothing screams ‘success’ like a burning wreck

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 1:48 PM Feb 28, 2012
2

Is there anything better for your company than having your vehicle burn on national TV?

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How should parents be held accountable?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 12:17 PM Feb 28, 2012
3

Two vastly different items in the news in locations 800 miles apart have both led to the same question: Where does parental responsibility start and stop in matters of school life?

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All about Leap Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 10:56 AM Feb 28, 2012
1

We haven’t had any cases of white death from an overblown storm yet, so let’s refocus our attention to something that actually is going to occur.

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Want to build a school?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 9:30 AM Feb 28, 2012
1

A proposal for state taxpayers to build a school in a southeast Minnesota community could spawn some of the most cantankerous debate we’ve seen in awhile.

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Five by 8

Why you react to gas prices the way you do (5×8 – 2/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 7:25 AM Feb 28, 2012
6

Why the outrage, racism and rallies, the Amish up close, a pill to erase bad memories, and lessons from the slang of teenage girls.

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Death of a homeless boy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 3:02 PM Feb 27, 2012
9

A homeless 17-year-old with leukemia has died.

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Guess the airline

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 12:55 PM Feb 27, 2012
18

Will JetBlue or Spirit Airlines be the newest airline to fly into MSP?

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After ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ a kiss is just a kiss

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 11:27 AM Feb 27, 2012
2

So far, the only area of the military that seems to be affected by the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is the homecoming.

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You Are Editor: The tanker fire

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 11:07 AM Feb 27, 2012
4

What’s the top angle in the crash: That I-94 was closed or that the driver was killed?

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Hockey moms and referees

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 10:45 AM Feb 27, 2012

The CBC reports that police had to be called to a rink in New Brunswick because a 13-year old referee through out a coach and a hockey mom for repeated verbal abuse of his allegedly missing calls during a game between teams of 11-year-olds.

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Five by 8

Things you can do in the snow (5×8 – 2/27/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 7:02 AM Feb 27, 2012
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Sningo, the price young students pay, would it kill you to help, the golden age of stupid, and optimism and the baseball fan.

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Weekly Roundtable

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2012, 3:55 PM Feb 24, 2012
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NewsCut’s Bob Collins joins a panel with former Ventura chief spokesman John Wodele and singer/talk show host Jearlyn Steele of WCCO. The main topic was a self-defense gun bill heading for the desk of Gov. Mark Dayton.

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Dignity takes a hard hit in high school sports tournaments

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2012, 1:34 PM Feb 24, 2012
5

A Lakeville team runs up the score on Winona in a boy’s sectional playoff. Why?

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Religion and nothing but religion

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2012, 12:03 PM Feb 24, 2012
6

Religion is emerging at a theme in most major news stories at the moment. Religion isn’t just for Sunday morning, anymore.

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