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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

In spending race, college athletics easily outpace academics

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 3:43 PM Jun 18, 2010
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The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today released a report comparing university spending on athletes vs. those whose primary role at college is academics. Athletes won, the report says.

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Your favorite Tony Hayward moment

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 1:23 PM Jun 18, 2010

Tony Hayward, the face of the BP oil disaster, may have gotten the kiss from the oil company.

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Adults may be bigger “texting” threat than kids, study says

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 12:35 PM Jun 18, 2010

A study today of texting while driving is presenting more evidence that it’s not a generational thing anymore.

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Inspiration by Mario

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 12:27 PM Jun 18, 2010
1

Today’s the kind of day we need a Friday Funny [tm], so here it is.

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Weather

What are the odds?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 9:51 AM Jun 18, 2010
2

There’s a lot of open space in rural Minnesota, and yet tornados struck buildings where few exist yesterday.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/18/10: Scenes from a disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 7:12 AM Jun 18, 2010
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Where do you start the clean-up, the life of an airline pilot revealed, death by Twitter, should class rank be eliminated, and why do men lie?

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Weather

Weather pictures

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 5:48 PM Jun 17, 2010
1

The first severe weather of the season is a boon to those of us who like watching cloud formations.

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Weather

When hail hurts

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 3:46 PM Jun 17, 2010
1

Is golf-ball-sized hail dangerous?

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An apology to BP

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 1:15 PM Jun 17, 2010
11

One lawmaker has apologized to the company that’s polluting the gulf of Mexico.

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Journalists, nurses in ethical dust-up

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 12:34 PM Jun 17, 2010
8

How far should the media go to get information about a story.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/17/10: The best friend you ever had

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 7:47 AM Jun 17, 2010
5

Are best friends a bad thing, Michele Bachmann and the conservative 6th, President Obama’s high falutin’ five-letter words, a John Wooden moment, and the picture of the day.

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How Minneapolis abandoned an injured cop

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2010, 1:34 PM Jun 16, 2010
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The former head of the Minneapolis bomb squad fights the city for treatment of his brain injury.

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The oil timeline

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2010, 12:42 PM Jun 16, 2010

PBS Newshour has put a nice video timeline together chronicling the response to the Gulf oil disaster.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/16/10: To dream, to dare, to jump

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2010, 6:50 AM Jun 16, 2010
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200 skydives to fight Parkinson’s Disease, headlines we never thought we’d read, your best summer job ever, the shifting state Supreme Court, and whatever happened to the wayward Northwest pilots?

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Entenza’s media reach

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2010, 3:48 PM Jun 15, 2010

Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Matt Entenza may be trailing in the polls, but he’s been the runaway leader in using media to get his face in front of as many people as his deep pockets will allow.

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