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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

On Dale Connelly and the art of radio

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2010, 12:17 PM Jun 4, 2010
22

After his final broadcast on a Minnesota Public Radio program, Dale Connelly got the send-off by the working folks at MPR News a few minutes ago, even though he asked that no going-away party be held. “It’s true what they say about the news media,” he told us. “You really don’t listen.” We gave him Read more →

Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/4/10: How much publicity should one bear get?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2010, 7:25 AM Jun 4, 2010
5

The latest on Hope and Lily, the thorn in BP’s side, the secret power of time, donating your cash to the feds, and why is Twitter obsessed with Apple?

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Stuck in oil

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 4:38 PM Jun 3, 2010
2

Assuming your blood pressure can take it, the Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has must-see images from the oil spill.

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It’s still just a game

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 2:47 PM Jun 3, 2010
11

What would happen if real issues got people as worked up as a baseball game?

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Surveys and trivia

Chuckles with NPR

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 1:23 PM Jun 3, 2010
3

Over the years, attempts by National Public Radio to be funny have usually ended up as train wrecks

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Live-blogging: The Great Textbook War

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 11:00 AM Jun 3, 2010

I’m not entirely sure, yet, how we’re making the transition from the 11 a.m. documentary, “The Great Textbook War,” to the subsequent follow-up conversation, ” What should our kids learn in school?”

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/3/10: Your worst day at work

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 7:10 AM Jun 3, 2010
4

Nobody’s perfect, nukes and the oil spill, raw milk’s unlikely ally, dispatches from the Department of Nice Try, how the Internet rots our brain, and a tribute to Dale.

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Surveys and trivia

Marriage and the modern mutt

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2010, 3:42 PM Jun 2, 2010
9

Not treating spouses like dogs is what the ’60s and ’70s were all about.

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Health

Multiple suicides plague some area schools

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2010, 1:14 PM Jun 2, 2010
18

A 17-year Woodbury High School student killed himself yesterday, the second student suicide there in the last month.

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Preview: The Great Textbook War

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2010, 12:01 PM Jun 2, 2010
4

It’ll be impossible not to think about current events when you listen to a documentary on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow about a controversy over textbooks that erupted in West Virginia in 1974.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/2/10: The YouTube battle

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2010, 7:14 AM Jun 2, 2010
8

The Israeli flotilla assault spreads online, when Alzheimer’s hits an entire family, do dogs prefer HDTV, the Tiny Desk Concert, and the missing bear is missing again.

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Flying under the influence

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2010, 4:10 PM Jun 1, 2010
4

Despite an arrest in Zimmerman this week, it’s unusual for pilots to fly under the influence of alcohol.

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Medtronic details payments to docs

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2010, 3:01 PM Jun 1, 2010

Are deals between Medtronic and physicians ‘innovation through collaboration,’ or sweetheart deals to drum up some business?

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Court: Getting to work is not your employer’s problem

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2010, 1:40 PM Jun 1, 2010

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today overturned an unemployment law judge’s ruling that a Good Thunder woman, who already had a 170-mile daily commute to her office in Bloomington , is not entitled to unemployment compensation because her company moved 17 miles farther to St. Paul.

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Flyover country is for flying over

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2010, 1:32 PM Jun 1, 2010

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been tweeting images of earth from the space station for six months. Guess who never got in the shot?

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