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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Who owns Target’s front door?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2011, 9:45 AM Mar 25, 2011
7

This morning in San Diego, a judge will listen to arguments as to why canvassers should or shouldn’t be allowed to seek signatures on petitions and donations in support of gay marriage.

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Five by 8

All things taxes (5×8 – 3/25/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2011, 7:04 AM Mar 25, 2011
6

A tax-free GE, how to make a million bucks in Minnesota, the longevity game, end of the line for Porky’s, and likin’ Minnesota.

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The surveillance society

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 4:49 PM Mar 24, 2011

The arrest of a man in Michigan shows just how easier it is to track your movement.

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The sleepy controller

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 4:02 PM Mar 24, 2011
2

Someday, ne’er do wells will discover that the cover-up is often worse than the crime.

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Church suppers will get you every time

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 3:18 PM Mar 24, 2011
6

Participating in religious activities makes you more likely to be obese, a study says.

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One picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 2:12 PM Mar 24, 2011
1

You don’t see many images of returning dead soldiers these days, and it’s not because they’ve stopped coming.

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She’s in

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 11:38 AM Mar 24, 2011
15

Michele Bachmann is in the presidential race… or she isn’t.

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How to have a bad day

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 11:08 AM Mar 24, 2011
3

It doesn’t get much worse on the job than this.

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Five by 8

Steve Inskeep fights back (5×8 – 3/24/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 7:23 AM Mar 24, 2011
15

A newsperson shall lead them, end of the town cafe, the most powerful video you’ll see today, what’s the story here, and the Zumbro flood set to music.

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St. Paul’s floodcam

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2011, 5:07 PM Mar 23, 2011
2

The flood is now officially on, with the activation today of the St. Paul flood webcam along the Mississippi River.

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The tsunami wave measured

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2011, 2:03 PM Mar 23, 2011
1

We have a better idea how big the tsunami was that destroyed parts of Japan.

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When it comes to welcoming spring, we stink

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2011, 12:03 PM Mar 23, 2011
11

We’re snowblind today when we should be having some sort of festival to blow the whiteness clean out of our retinas.

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Does classical music help plants grow?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2011, 10:07 AM Mar 23, 2011
6

The 33-member Royal Philharmonic Orchestra played a three-hour concert the other day. The audience was an auditorium full of plants to test the theory that classical music helps plants grow.

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Five by 8

Where does your tax money go? (5×8 – 3/23/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2011, 7:02 AM Mar 23, 2011
10

Calculating how your money is spent, the martyr of citizen journalism, the case of the Muslim teacher, they don’t call it Superior for nothing, and South Fargo’s bad idea gone worse. Also: Mysteries of the Wiffle Ball.

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Brock Savelkoul’s battle

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2011, 3:41 PM Mar 22, 2011
5

Now that the U.S. is involved in another war, it might be a good time to revisit an old one.

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