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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

The chain of command

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 11:03 AM Jun 22, 2010

The wars in the Middle East have claimed a fair number of military careers.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/22/10: Fear and loathing in Fremont, Nebraska

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 7:35 AM Jun 22, 2010
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A town at war with itself over Hispanics, the mystery of the tornado video revealed, oil spills are good for comedy, joy and tears at Grandma’s Marathon, and a winner in the National Hollerin’ Contest.

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Music of the sun

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 4:35 PM Jun 21, 2010
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What would it sound like if you could stand in the corona of the sun?

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Surveys and trivia

Call for entries: What’s the story?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 2:13 PM Jun 21, 2010
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Your summer challenge: Find images in your day that scream ‘what’s the story here?’

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How to recover from a disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 12:05 PM Jun 21, 2010
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MPR’s Nikki Tundel provides a video profile of the Zeller family.

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Wurzer’s big day

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 11:47 AM Jun 21, 2010

MPR’s Cathy Wurzer was the grand marshal of White Bear Lake’s Manitou Days parade this weekend.

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The myth of the online comment

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 11:25 AM Jun 21, 2010
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Newspapers profess to struggle over online comments. But a solution is remarkably simple.

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Dramatic tornado video

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 10:42 AM Jun 21, 2010
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There have been a number of videos of last week’s tornadoes posted to the Internet, but few are as compelling as this one

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Five by 8

Five by 8 -6/21/10: The ethics of Alzheimer’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 7:29 AM Jun 21, 2010
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A TV reporter reveals his Alzheimer’s secret, is marathoning healthy, Exxon Valdez revisited, the Wadena crucifix, and should nurses strike?

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Let them eat oil?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2010, 8:35 AM Jun 20, 2010

Tony Hayward, the man deposed last week as the public face of the BP oil spill, is — it turns out — still the public face of the BP oil spill. On his first day off since the April explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, Hayward went to the yacht races yesterday.

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Spill the one

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 1:50 PM Jun 19, 2010

After about two months, our short attention span starts to wander from most big news stories. But the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is different.

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Manute Bol, saint

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 1:22 PM Jun 19, 2010

The former NBA player will be known for far more important things than his exploits with a round ball and a basket.

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Weather

The week in pictures: Weather edition

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 11:09 AM Jun 19, 2010

Here’s a Flickr slideshow of images relating to last Thursday’s weather. Many photographers captured the color of the sky perfectly. As these are pulled directly from Flickr, some of these will not make sense; most will.

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John Hodgman in St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 8:05 AM Jun 19, 2010

Courtesy of MPR interactive guru Julia Schrenkler, here’s video of last night’s Wits with John Hodgman at the Fitzgerald Theater

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Surveys and trivia

Toy Stories

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 7:48 AM Jun 19, 2010
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The opening of the latest Toy Story has people remembering their favorite toy as a child.

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