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Africa have your say

Bob Collins January 26, 2011, 11:30 AM Jan 26, 2011

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From Minneapolis to London to Mogadishu, a discussion about the future of Somalia

Bad sports or good business? (5×8 – 1/26/11)

Bob Collins January 26, 2011, 7:11 AM Jan 26, 2011

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Should a Packers tie get you fired, the Chipotle firings, happy Swap Day, running in place at work, and the Iron Range weasel’s workout.

Air continues to leak out of housing market

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 4:18 PM Jan 25, 2011

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The recovery in the resale price of homes in the Twin Cities last year apparently was a mirage.

Is there any hope for Somalia?

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 3:01 PM Jan 25, 2011

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Somalis in London, Mogadishu, and St. Paul will examine the future.

The limits of free speech

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 1:21 PM Jan 25, 2011

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A jury awarded $400,000 to a man because of things someone said about him on the Internet. Now he wants to make it a crime.

The achievement gap in black and white

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 11:08 AM Jan 25, 2011

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Student achievement for black students in Minnesota and nationwide falls woefully short of white students.

What’s going on in your cockpit? (5×8 – 1/25/11)

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 7:05 AM Jan 25, 2011

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Travails of the tired pilot, Tim Pawlenty: The movie, funerals by webcast, how I became a Minnesota pineapple farmer, and the vanishing mention of war.

Is the smoking ban next?

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 1:40 PM Jan 24, 2011

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A bill at the Capitol would permit smoking in some bars and restaurants.

A win for Wrenshall

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 12:24 PM Jan 24, 2011

A small Minnesota school has broken a long losing streak.

Has stimulus money helped the Minnesota economy?

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 11:37 AM Jan 24, 2011

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Like the stimulus program itself, there’s a little something for everyone in an investigation of what the stimulus program has brought to Minnesota and individual counties here.

The Moscow bombing

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 11:26 AM Jan 24, 2011

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Some eyewitness video has now been posted to YouTube from today’s suicide bombing at a Moscow airport.

What do you know and why do you know it?

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 10:26 AM Jan 24, 2011

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Why do so few students learn anything in college?

Viral video of the day: The train

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 10:21 AM Jan 24, 2011

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A question to consider while watching today’s viral video of the day: How has the Internet changed us?

Border battles (5×8 – 1/24/11)

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 7:10 AM Jan 24, 2011

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Business and the border states, you’ve reached the end of the Internet, the lost blizzard film, the Wind and Mr. Ug, and are you a narcissist?

How oil is changing North Dakota

Bob Collins January 23, 2011, 10:22 AM Jan 23, 2011

In any boom, it takes some time for small towns to adjust.