NewsCut

Gas prices up again

Bob Collins April 4, 2011, 3:06 PM Apr 4, 2011

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Gasoline prices haven’t been this high since 2008.

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What Minnesota representatives do

Bob Collins April 4, 2011, 2:43 PM Apr 4, 2011

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What do legislators do when they’re not legislating?

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Sizing up the McConomy

Bob Collins April 4, 2011, 12:41 PM Apr 4, 2011

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Are 50,000 fast-food jobs a sign of a recovering economy, or a sign that it’s not recovering very fast?

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Obama two years on

Bob Collins April 4, 2011, 12:05 PM Apr 4, 2011

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A look back at the promises of the inauguration.

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Five by 8

Pillowless in the Twin Cities (5×8 – 4/4/11)

Bob Collins April 4, 2011, 6:55 AM Apr 4, 2011

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How did we miss International Pillow Fight Day, the housing debate three years later, flooding: second verse, worse than the first; men vs. women in Bangladesh, and Porky’s last burnout.

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Requiem for a pig

Bob Collins April 1, 2011, 3:48 PM Apr 1, 2011

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It was almost as if Porky’s, the long-time burger joint, was lying in state as people came to pay their last respects

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A parental tribute to a gay soldier

Bob Collins April 1, 2011, 12:41 PM Apr 1, 2011

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‘It was the least interesting thing about him,’ a Rosemount father says about his son.

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The future: What if this is as good as it gets?

Bob Collins April 1, 2011, 11:37 AM Apr 1, 2011

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What if my generation — Baby Boomers — are the last generation in the history of the United States to have a better standard of living than the previous one?

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Surveys and trivia

Lottery losers

Bob Collins April 1, 2011, 10:01 AM Apr 1, 2011

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Is there anything that can kill a friendship quicker than a winning lottery ticket?

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Five by 8

Kids today (5×8 – 4/1/11)

Bob Collins April 1, 2011, 7:06 AM Apr 1, 2011

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No baby, the love is on for Rachel, the nuns of summer, the nearly naked run, and watering plants made hard.

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The sound of a disaster

Bob Collins March 31, 2011, 2:20 PM Mar 31, 2011

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We’ve heard from the possibly-doomed workers at the nuclear plants in Japan.

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Weather

Severe storm season opens

Bob Collins March 31, 2011, 1:58 PM Mar 31, 2011

A tornado or severe thunderstorm struck a popular airshow in Florida today.

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What’s the matter with a little fun?

Bob Collins March 31, 2011, 12:20 PM Mar 31, 2011

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Does a MinnPost roast reflect poorly on its journalism, or should journalists be allowed to have a laugh with politicians on occasion?

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Major journalism awards for area media

Bob Collins March 31, 2011, 11:05 AM Mar 31, 2011

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It’s award season on Planet Journalism.

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Five by 8

The joy of watching water (5×8 – 3/31/11)

Bob Collins March 31, 2011, 7:22 AM Mar 31, 2011

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Pondering Minnesota, stadium proponents hit the line, when people do good, the great abandoned bike mystery, the new American dream, and wearing a hijab for a day.

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