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There’s something about Sophia

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 2:09 PM Jan 3, 2011

Sophia emerges as the most popular baby name in 2010.

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The Dayton word cloud

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 1:20 PM Jan 3, 2011

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Here’s Gov. Mark Dayton’s inauguration speech as a word cloud.

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Bullying and the ’empathy gap’

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 12:17 PM Jan 3, 2011

Why isn’t “bullying” being taken more seriously? There’s an ’empathy gap,’ according to a study out from Northwestern University today.

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Guess the inaugural speaker

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 11:39 AM Jan 3, 2011

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Whatever Mark Dayton has to say in his inauguration speech today, history says few people will remember it years from now.

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What the airline-online reservation war means

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 10:58 AM Jan 3, 2011

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This is the kind of thing that could put travel agents back in business.

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Five by 8

A headline of our lives (5×8 – 1/3/11)

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 6:35 AM Jan 3, 2011

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What makes you read an obituary, January, Happy New Hour, Roger Ebert’s voice, and would you rather have your flight canceled or delayed?

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Happy Penguin New Year

Bob Collins December 31, 2010, 12:34 PM Dec 31, 2010

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It’s another one of those infernal company holidays at the World Headquarters of News Cut. As usual, if news rears its ugly head, so will I.

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Death of a doc

Bob Collins December 31, 2010, 10:14 AM Dec 31, 2010

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A doctor who brought health care to a small island out of a moral obligation has died.

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Tragic coincidence in Milaca plane crash

Bob Collins December 30, 2010, 5:29 PM Dec 30, 2010

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Thomas Eberhardt, who was killed in the crash, was chairman of a company founded by his brother. His brother was also killed in a plane crash.

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Weather

Climate, Wisconsin style

Bob Collins December 30, 2010, 11:41 AM Dec 30, 2010

Maybe we should just assess this culture of ours, and maybe get back to the question of whether the climate is changing, and so what if it is?

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Trauma doc: ‘Get off the roof!”

Bob Collins December 30, 2010, 11:09 AM Dec 30, 2010

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Five people have been taken to Regions Hospital since Christmas after falling off their roof. Two died.

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Five by 8

Dam ice (5×8 – 12/30/10)

Bob Collins December 30, 2010, 6:54 AM Dec 30, 2010

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Ice dam removal made easy, grading the meteorologists, Idiot with a Tripod, Kodachrome’s last day, and goodbye, Rosie the Riveter.

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Billy Taylor, 1921-2010

Bob Collins December 29, 2010, 4:00 PM Dec 29, 2010

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2010 stole another great while it still could.

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What will you do with your tax break?

Bob Collins December 29, 2010, 2:24 PM Dec 29, 2010

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Some professors at Yale and Cornell have started a Web site to protest tax cuts for wealthy Americans, the Associated Press reports toda

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The newest American hero

Bob Collins December 29, 2010, 11:11 AM Dec 29, 2010

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Newark, which is about the size of St. Paul, is no paradise, to be sure. But this week it’s got what a lot of people want.

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