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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Why is Jack Jablonski a news story? (5×8 – 1/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 7:40 AM Jan 9, 2012
41

The nature of humanity, the curse of the branded building, the 60 Minutes stem cell fraud story, falling through thin ice, and when the bungee cord breaks.

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Photographs and paranoia

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2012, 12:23 PM Jan 7, 2012
5

There’s more evidence today that America during the Cold War wasn’t really the flag we saluted and the home of the free.

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What’s on the mind of hockey players? Jack Jablonski

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 3:24 PM Jan 6, 2012
3

A fight broke out last night in a game between Winona and Owatonna when a player was checked from behind, a hit similar to the one that severed Jablonski’s spinal cord

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Surveys and trivia

Why you should call your mom more

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 12:33 PM Jan 6, 2012
4

Our communication tools are neutering the power of mom to make things better.

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Surveys and trivia

Do people watch politics for the pretty people?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 11:41 AM Jan 6, 2012
14

Israeli researchers have concluded that more physically attractive members of Congress get more coverage on network television.

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Ventura vs. a SEAL?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 10:26 AM Jan 6, 2012
3

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura is in the thick of another controversy, this time with a Navy SEAL who says the governor disrupted the wake of a SEAL.

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Well there’s your problem right there

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 10:03 AM Jan 6, 2012
3

How does a Target semi end up breaking through ice on a lake?

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Five by 8

What have you learned? (5×8 – 1/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 7:25 AM Jan 6, 2012
5

Forty-five is the new 60, saving the Arboretum or destroying it, the bus people of Fargo, the Twins natives are restless, and temperatures are up and pants are down.

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You Should Meet...

You Should Meet: Mary Steiner

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 3:48 PM Jan 5, 2012
10

Mary Steiner made her early trips to Uganda and Kenya to meet poverty. Then she met people.

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Truth, lies, and campaign speeches

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 12:55 PM Jan 5, 2012
5

Two separate comments from politicians and/or experts today raise an interesting question: Should you hold politicians accountable for what they say, if they say it at a campaign speech?

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This day’s (in)humanity

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 11:52 AM Jan 5, 2012
1

Several pictures from today’s bombing in Baghdad have haunted me. None of them show the actual bombing and its aftermath, about which it’s easy to become desensitized.

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Adrenaline junkie season

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 10:58 AM Jan 5, 2012
1

More video of a Minnesota native’s snowmobile flight across San Diego harbor.

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Five by 8

Your life with a 13-year-old (5×8 – 1/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 5, 2012
6

In search of the rational argument, the power of principles, Morris v. Blyleven, Jablonski’s future, and scenes from the sidewalk superintendent.

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Regional history

Former Strib editor stood on principle, and larger than life

Eric Ringham January 5, 2012, 5:00 AM Jan 5, 2012

Chuck Bailey made a promise to his staff. Then he refused to break it.

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Death of a Code Talker

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2012, 4:08 PM Jan 4, 2012
1

Keith Little has died. He helped use a code that confounded the Japanese in World War II.

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