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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

The art of just getting by (5×8 – 9/26/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2011, 7:29 AM Sep 26, 2011
8

The Marvin way in Warroad, why do people live in northern Minnesota, the pepper spray attack, power without status, and Vikings fans say they’ve had enough but they’re probably haven’t.

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Texting laws making little difference

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 25, 2011, 8:13 AM Sep 25, 2011
6

If you’re stopped for texting while driving, it’s too easy to claim you were using your phone for something else.

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Scientists videotape brain’s thoughts

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 9:41 PM Sep 23, 2011
2

Scientists at Berkeley may not only be able to read your mind, they may be able to see what’s in it, too.

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Falling satellite could still provide a show over Midwest

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 2:08 PM Sep 23, 2011

Peru, you’re in the clear. Upper Midwest? Maybe. Africa, we have a problem.

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Court: There’s no ‘CSI Effect’

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 1:11 PM Sep 23, 2011
3

It had to happen sooner or later. CSI, the TV show about forensics and crime, has become the center of a court case in Massachusetts.

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Swiftly goes the year

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 12:26 PM Sep 23, 2011
2

How’s your autumn going so far?

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Musing on a fourth dimension

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 10:30 AM Sep 23, 2011
2

Maybe Einstein’s theory of special relativity isn’t wrong. Maybe it’s absolutely correct in three dimensions, but this discovery tells us what’s happening in another dimension.

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Five by 8

The evil of gossip (5×8-9/23/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 7:47 AM Sep 23, 2011
4

A tribute to Eleanor Mondale, the homeless horseman, high school heroes, the marketing meat wagon, and the end of capitalism.

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Step aside, Einstein?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 3:19 PM Sep 22, 2011
6

The science community is abuzz today with news from a group of European researchers that neutrinos — sub-atomic particles — travel faster than light.

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What now, Facebook?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 1:31 PM Sep 22, 2011
2

Facebook introduces ‘timelines.’

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Satellite to be a no-show

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 1:30 PM Sep 22, 2011
1

There now appears to be no chance the tumbling satellite falls in Minnesota.

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What’s spooked Wall Street?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 12:40 PM Sep 22, 2011
6

If the Dow closes as low as it is now, it will be the lowest the Dow has closed since one year ago tomorrow, when the recovery seemed to be holding and things were looking up.

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Can Americans live without political theater?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 10:38 AM Sep 22, 2011
2

Is the audience capable of more than what the media thinks they are:

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Five by 8

Taking on bullies (5×8 – 9/22/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 7:06 AM Sep 22, 2011
5

The cost of fighting back, Adam and Eve 101, the execution, the end of social media as we know it, and staying rich in Minnesota.

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You and the falling satellite

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2011, 3:06 PM Sep 21, 2011
2

The odds that someone will be hit by a falling satellite are 1 in 3,200.

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