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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Franken, Klobuchar on wrong side of Internet, bill’s opponents say

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2010, 9:42 AM Nov 19, 2010
4

Minnesota’s two U.S. senators, who normally come down hard on the side of an open Internet, are being criticized for a vote this week that some characterize as censoring the Internet.

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Five by 8

The cost of flying (5×8 – 11/19/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2010, 7:18 AM Nov 19, 2010
8

The security tax, our furnaces ourselves, the end of Target the dog, the abortion poll, and rescuing a White Bear Lake swan.

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Reconciling election judges

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 3:52 PM Nov 18, 2010

Who are these election judges making claims about voting irregularities in gubernatorial elections?

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Politicians and public broadcasting

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 2:26 PM Nov 18, 2010
5

How deeply involved in radio and TV station programming should politicians be?

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Cheating 101

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 2:20 PM Nov 18, 2010
8

A business professor in Florida has figured out that several hundred of his students have been cheating, so he gave them a lecture they may remember.

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Simple conclusions hard to find in wake of Lockheed Martin announcement

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 12:53 PM Nov 18, 2010
5

In the complex nature of the economy, where does the government part end and the private part begin?

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One Picture: The pilgrimage

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 12:01 PM Nov 18, 2010
3

A photographic look at the hajj.

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Health and the food court

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 11:40 AM Nov 18, 2010

A Today Show reporter finds more than 60-percent of the vendors in the food court at the Mall of America have had violations since 2009.

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Your daily dose of awesome

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 10:44 AM Nov 18, 2010
3

Isn’t this just the greatest picture ever?

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Five by 8

Will more kids be charged as adults in Minnesota? (5×8 – 11/18/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 7:12 AM Nov 18, 2010
1

Boys to men to prison, are airport scanners safe, is marriage obsolete, the real Minnesota Twins, and the mystery of the missile settled.

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The ‘feminization’ of the Medal of Honor?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2010, 3:01 PM Nov 17, 2010
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Brian Fischer, an official with the American Family Association, is getting some well-deserved criticism today for criticizing recent recipients of the Medal of Honor because they were honored for saving lives, not taking them.

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In Haiti, some relief workers going where others fear to tread

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2010, 1:41 PM Nov 17, 2010
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Scattered violence and protests in Haiti are curtailing some relief activities there, but so far it hasn’t appeared to slow the Minneapolis-based American Refuge Committee.

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The day in airport screening

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2010, 11:49 AM Nov 17, 2010
5

A Taiwanese animation famously captures the controversy over airport scanners.

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Surveys and trivia · Weather

Welcome to winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2010, 10:53 AM Nov 17, 2010
8

How do you explain Minnesota to people who’ve never been here?

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Five by 8

Airport security and common sense (5×8 – 11/17/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2010, 7:07 AM Nov 17, 2010
8

Humiliation flies free, why the poor are more in tune with you, what the voters really said, snapshots from our health care system, and the faces of distracted driving.

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