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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Reconfiguring the sky

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2010, 10:41 AM Dec 23, 2010
2

A reconfiguration of Delta airplanes may change your chances of winning a seat upgrade.

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Five by 8

People power (5X8 – 12/23/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2010, 7:17 AM Dec 23, 2010

When people do good, the power of Twitter, a letter from the Metrodome, what a car crash looks like, and behind the scenes at Talk of the Nation.

Painting Pawlenty

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 2:49 PM Dec 22, 2010
6

Can a Minnesota artist paint a proper portrait of the governor? Let’s find out.

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The good Favre

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 1:05 PM Dec 22, 2010
4

A visit to a boy with cancer provides a side of the soon-to-be-ex-Vikings quarterback that we haven’t heard about for awhile.

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NTSB issues report on 2009 plane crash near Mahnomen

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 12:04 PM Dec 22, 2010

The plane, piloted by Andrew Lindberg of Farmington, disappeared while flying to a hunting destination to meet his father in Hallock.

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Hospitals in the news

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 10:48 AM Dec 22, 2010
2

The category du jour is ‘hospitals.’ We are not wanting for items in the news

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Five by 8

Judging Pawlenty (5×8 – 12/22/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 7:05 AM Dec 22, 2010
19

The governor’s victory lap, burglars at the bank, a spaceship to the sun, why kids don’t have the fun of snow days, and the worst Christmas card you’ll ever see.

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Historic downturn in teen pregnancies

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 4:14 PM Dec 21, 2010
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But a third of teens surveyed said if pregnancy is going to happen, it’s going to happen.

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The mother of online news

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 2:34 PM Dec 21, 2010
2

MJ Bear was one of the first people to recognize that journalism and the Web were made for each other, and that public media was uniquely qualified to prove it.

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Court tees up a loss for injured golfer

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 2:03 PM Dec 21, 2010

The New York State Court of Appeals has ruled that a golfer who doesn’t yell ‘fore’ is not liable for the damage his shot causes.

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Catholics and condoms

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 1:20 PM Dec 21, 2010
11

The Vatican has clarified Pope Benedict XVI ‘s comments on the use of condoms.

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Census live

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 10:44 AM Dec 21, 2010
4

Live-blogging the unveiling of the census data, which showed Minnesota will not lose any congressional representation.

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Five by 8

A call to charity (5×8-12/21/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 7:21 AM Dec 21, 2010
3

Year-round Santas, what killed the Christmas card, the eclipse, Shaq conducts an orchestra, and the math behind the headlines.

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Weather

Take our snow! Please?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 4:45 PM Dec 20, 2010
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Do we have enough snow in Minnesota to provide a white Christmas for the rest of the world?

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The redistricting game

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 2:14 PM Dec 20, 2010

By this time tomorrow, we’ll know whether Minnesota is losing one of its eight congressional seats.

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