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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Occupation defined

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg October 7, 2011, 10:30 AM Oct 7, 2011
15

Every now and again cable news becomes relevant. It never seems to be about the news it reports, but rather the news it makes.

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Five by 8

The sweet sound of human decency (5×8 – 10/7/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 7, 2011, 7:24 AM Oct 7, 2011
2

Getting life out of the way, the turtleneck and toothpick comebacks, bring on winter, just keep riding, and the mystery of the universe.

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An actor lives here

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2011, 4:52 PM Oct 6, 2011

The drama club stakes its turf.

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Weather

Waiting for the price of a warm October

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2011, 3:22 PM Oct 6, 2011
4

Warm temperatures in October is pretty fun, as long as you don’t think too much about the wrongness of it all.

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The case for spying on your kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2011, 2:12 PM Oct 6, 2011
1

Technology has made it easy for parents o invade the privacy of young people.

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A news blogger lives here

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2011, 11:14 AM Oct 6, 2011
4

Who’ll be the first person to put a sign on their lawn declaring ‘A National Honor Society student lives here’?

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Five by 8

Who else? (5×8 – 10/6/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2011, 7:40 AM Oct 6, 2011
10

To be an icon, hockey’s dirty little secret, a firing at the end of the Rainbow, hell and back again, and love at first click.

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The person we all should meet

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2011, 4:02 PM Oct 5, 2011
3

This fall and winter, NewsCut plans to meet the people you think we should meet.

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Whose fault is poverty?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2011, 2:34 PM Oct 5, 2011
20

A presidential candidate suggests the unemployed have no one to blame but themselves.

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Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize winner?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2011, 11:48 AM Oct 5, 2011
6

If the oddsmakers are right, Bob Dylan is about to be a Nobel Prize winner in literature.

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Five by 8

Ken Dahlberg, 1917-2011 (5×8 – 10/5/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2011, 6:56 AM Oct 5, 2011
12

The man with the smoking gun, Cuddyer’s workplace, searching for normal, walk to school day, understanding the economic crisis.

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Economic signs

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2011, 3:21 PM Oct 4, 2011
2

Here are some of the favorites we’ve spotted from the Occupy Wall Street protest in the last two days.

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Redefining Hitler

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2011, 2:12 PM Oct 4, 2011
7

If there’s one thing Hank Williams Jr., did last night that’s far more damaging than comparing a sitting president to Hitler, it’s comparing Hitler to anybody, thus diminishing the shock value of the word, ‘Hitler.’

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Drunk driving: It’s a man’s world

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2011, 12:30 PM Oct 4, 2011

One in seven current Minnesota drivers has a DWI on record, and one in 17 has two or more DWIs

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Unveiling the iPhone 5

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2011, 10:39 AM Oct 4, 2011
1

It is alternately a depressing and exciting day for people who need to own the latest gadget. The new iPhone 5 is being unveiled.

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