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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Weather

The nightmare is over

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2010, 8:21 AM Aug 15, 2010

Even though it probably announces the beginning of the end of summer, Sunday morning brought the long-awaited, refreshing, low-humidity, you-can-do-anything convincing cool air to the Upper Midwest.

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Fall of a folk hero

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2010, 8:14 AM Aug 15, 2010
1

The most illuminating part of the video is it shows the plane at the gate, not sitting out on the tarmac. He simply couldn’t walked off the plane the way normal people do.

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Obama and the mosque

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 14, 2010, 10:14 AM Aug 14, 2010
3

President Obama waded into the controversy over whether Muslims should be allowed to attend a mosque of their choosing.

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The week-in-review quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 12:51 PM Aug 13, 2010
27

This week, the quiz includes prizes. Sort of.

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Weather

Weather photo of the day

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 11:42 AM Aug 13, 2010
2

The only thing missing from this photo is Charlton Heston.

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Toilet paper wars

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 10:38 AM Aug 13, 2010
1

Are you tired of the endless babble over ads in the gubernatorial campaign? Fine, let’s focus on some important commercial advertising.

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Five by 8

The lure of lightning (Five by 8: 8/13/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 6:47 AM Aug 13, 2010
6

The aerial campfire, how birth order affects you, Rubik’s Cube in 20 moves, and the fastest pastor in Redwood Falls.

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Health

‘She never knew how beautiful she was’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 8:20 PM Aug 12, 2010
48

A memorial sprouts over a highway where a St. Paul woman killed herself.

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Personal opinions and a constitution

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 4:01 PM Aug 12, 2010
2

The Associated Press today is carrying a fascinating story about Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s latest trip to Iowa, during which he explained his view of the role of judges in the same-sex marriage debate.

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Banking on fees

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 1:21 PM Aug 12, 2010
3

A judge hits Wells Fargo for the way it clears checks and drives up fees. But many other banks do the same thing.

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‘Do you know how fast you were going?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 12:44 PM Aug 12, 2010
12

In Menahga, Minnesota, a man has been arrested for doing 178 miles per hour

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The myth of climate change myths

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 10:52 AM Aug 12, 2010
27

Has a disinformation campaign doomed the planet?

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How not to make a good impression on a date

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 9:45 AM Aug 12, 2010
4

Long-time readers of News Cut know that catching a foul ball at a baseball game has been on my ‘bucket list’ for decades. But it apparently wasn’t on this guy’s. He ducked out of the way and let his “girlfriend” take the hit at a game in Houston recently, earning him an honored place as an Internet viral video.

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Five by 8

Funny Al vs. Serious Al (Five by 8: 8/12/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 6:50 AM Aug 12, 2010
2

Al Franken can’t catch a break, county fair photos, in search of typos, the blind football championships, and feeding the homeless because your mother said to.

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Bees vs. mosquitoes

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 11, 2010, 3:29 PM Aug 11, 2010
2

Bee populations are declining, and mosquito populations are exploding. And therein lies a problem.

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