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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

The cost of telling the truth

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2011, 12:37 PM Sep 1, 2011
5

For a family that just got stiffed out of $50,000, the Smith family seemed pretty chipper today when national TV asked them to get up early in Faribault.

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What’s a state got to do to get a little presidential love?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2011, 11:42 AM Sep 1, 2011
4

Why don’t presidents visit Vermont.

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Five by 8

Your speech to a joint session of Congress (5×8 – 9/1/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2011, 7:12 AM Sep 1, 2011
6

What’s your jobs plan, it’s the rain that kills, 9/11 at 10, say something nice, and daily State Fair moment of zen.

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The rape of Libya

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 4:43 PM Aug 31, 2011
4

Col. Qaddafi’s troops reportedly raped women in Libya, knowing that honor killings would follow.

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One Picture: Love among the tomatoes

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 3:28 PM Aug 31, 2011
2

It’s the age-old story in Spain today. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl throw tons of tomatoes. Girl kisses boy.

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Ten things more important than 9/11

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 1:07 PM Aug 31, 2011
6

China, India, the crash of 2008, and the failure to address global warming were all more important in the last 10 years, a writer says.

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Regional history

Mr. Bubble Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 12:40 PM Aug 31, 2011
4

You know things are going great in North Dakota when the governor can proclaim it ‘Mr. Bubble Day'” without fear of humiliation.

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When people do good (cont’d)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 12:13 PM Aug 31, 2011

I see your never-ending stories of callousness, news industry, and I raise you one of kindness and integrity.

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Too pretty for homework?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 11:04 AM Aug 31, 2011

JC Penney under fire for a sweatshirt for girls.

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Five by 8

So long, summer (5×8 – 8/31/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 7:22 AM Aug 31, 2011
8

Our Fair summer, a better way to board an airplane, the life of Irene, 9/11 at 10, and cross carrying Chuck.

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Area women complete historic 2,250-mile canoe trip

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2011, 3:47 PM Aug 30, 2011
1

Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren have become the first women to paddle from the Twin Cities to Hudson Bay.

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The $120-a-word speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2011, 2:24 PM Aug 30, 2011
1

How much did it cost taxpayers for the president to give a speech in Minneapolis today?

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That old-time billboard religion

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2011, 12:48 PM Aug 30, 2011
3

NewsCut’s obsession with billboard controversies is satiated today with word of a billboard brouhaha in West Mansfield, Ohio.

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Blogger apologizes for doctoring Bachmann video

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2011, 11:14 AM Aug 30, 2011

A phony video purporting to show Rep. Michele Bachmann asking an Iowa crowd, ‘who likes white people?’ has been pulled from YouTube.

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Are we making ‘bad’ worse?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2011, 9:02 AM Aug 30, 2011
4

Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in more than two years. Is that partially the media’s and politicians’ fault?

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