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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

My daddy’s name is ‘donor’ (Five by 8 – 8/18/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 18, 2010, 7:23 AM Aug 18, 2010
3

The life of a sperm-donor child examined, sensitivity and the First Amendment, the love of a good siren, a ban on satire, and the secrets of outdoor photography.

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Surveys and trivia

Favre’s pack

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 4:00 PM Aug 17, 2010
3

Who are the people who have the time to stand by the side of the road to welcome Brett Favre?

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What killed Lou Gehrig?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 1:45 PM Aug 17, 2010
2

Among the most startling news stories of the current news cycle, this one may be tops: Lou Gehrig may not have died from Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

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Timewasters: Attacking reporters

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 12:54 PM Aug 17, 2010

Reporters for a Connecticut FoxNews station were sprayed with hornet and wasp spray yesterday, while filming a woman suspected of receiving beer from a beer delivery driver who later shot 10 people at his workplace.

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No Art Shanty

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 12:25 PM Aug 17, 2010
5

Here’s another reason to dread the coming winter. Organizers of the Art Shanty Project have announced they’re taking 2011 off.

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Households getting a grip on loans

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 10:49 AM Aug 17, 2010
4

Good news/bad news in a study on household debt from the New York Federal Reserve Bank today:

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Wait wait … don’t edit me!

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 10:27 AM Aug 17, 2010

NPR Peter Sagal’s run-in with Texas school officials.

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Five by 8

It’s all in the mind (Five by 8 – 8/17/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 6:50 AM Aug 17, 2010
6

The class of 2014 isn’t like us, the mosque issue isn’t really about a mosque, do you have the right to fly a flag, the plastic bag movie, and the Anoka salad shooter.

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MoveOn.org in new attack on Target-MN Forward donation

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 4:16 PM Aug 16, 2010
10

This video has surfaced on YouTube in the last 24 hours in the continuing controversy over Target Corporation’s donation to MN Forward.

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Images released of Sen. Stevens crash site

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 4:02 PM Aug 16, 2010

The National Transportation Safety Board this afternoon released images from the site of the plane crash last week that claimed the life of Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.

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A walk around the mosque’s neighborhood

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 1:48 PM Aug 16, 2010
8

Is the area around the World Trade Center ‘sacred ground’?

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Death of a conservative icon

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 11:26 AM Aug 16, 2010
1

James. J. Kilpatrick is remembered by many people for the line he never uttered.

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Walking away from a plane crash

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 10:58 AM Aug 16, 2010
1

What are the odds of surviving an airliner crash, as all but one person did in Colombia today?

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Pastor finds new way to praise after cancer steals his voice

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 10:41 AM Aug 16, 2010

If your passion and mission in life requires a voice, what do you do when you lose it?

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Five by 8

The mosque issue (Five by 8 – 8/16/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 7:25 AM Aug 16, 2010
10

The issue that won’t go away, how money is buying justice, would you unplug for a week, where’s Peter Sagal, and renting a bike in Minneapolis.

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