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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

The art of sandbagging

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2011, 1:35 PM Mar 22, 2011
1

Floods bring out the inventors.

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River cam

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2011, 11:26 AM Mar 22, 2011
1

Here’s another item for your flood-watching bag of goodies.

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Regional history

Minnesota’s underwear

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2011, 10:33 AM Mar 22, 2011

A new book trailer from the Minnesota Historical Society Press has certainly opened our eyes to the fact underwear advertising was a lot more interesting in Minnesota’s relative youth.

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Five by 8

Your fancy book learnin’ (5×8 – 3/22/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2011, 7:05 AM Mar 22, 2011
17

What’s so bad about being smart, a river — or two — runs through us, remains of the winter day, how the world changed in a week, and Apple’s gay cure.

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Watching a river flow

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2011, 1:28 PM Mar 21, 2011

Late next weekend could bring floods to the Twin Cities.

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The EBT bill

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2011, 12:40 PM Mar 21, 2011
3

A bill at the Legislature adds restrictions to welfare recipients ability to get cash.

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Winking at Pawlenty

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2011, 10:50 AM Mar 21, 2011
14

Tim Pawlenty is running for president. Why can’t we just say it?

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Five by 8

One leg at a time (5×8 – 3/21/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2011, 7:42 AM Mar 21, 2011
10

Monday inspiration, the war in Libya, uttering the ‘N word,’ the 140-character war, and tears for a polar bear.

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The supermoon

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 20, 2011, 8:04 AM Mar 20, 2011
5

The cloud cover prevented most of Minnesota from seeing the ‘supermoon’ last night.

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Ruth Adams, polka icon, dies

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2011, 2:40 PM Mar 18, 2011
1

Ruth Adams, the longtime accordion player at Nye’s, has passed away.

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Budget analysis: What’s Plan B?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2011, 2:07 PM Mar 18, 2011
2

Lower taxes will greatly expand budget deficits into the future, the CBO says.

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Area rivers nowhere near ‘big deal’ stage

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2011, 12:38 PM Mar 18, 2011

With the highest water still more than a week away, it’s too early for a firm indication of when the Mississippi River will reach a ‘it’s a big deal’ stage.

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Paper royalty

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2011, 11:39 AM Mar 18, 2011
3

It was a rather big moment this week when this little number arrived in the MPR newsroom.

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Five by 8

Stuck in red tape in Japan (5×8 – 3/18/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2011, 7:30 AM Mar 18, 2011
7

A Minnesotan wants to come home, a flood on top of a flood, dangers of the legal drugs,

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The NPR funding debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 17, 2011, 1:13 PM Mar 17, 2011
21

Live-blogging the highlights of today’s debate over stripping NPR of funding and prohibiting public radio stations from using public funding to purchase programming.

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