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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Autism and divorce

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2010, 3:50 PM May 19, 2010
2

A study debunks the myth that 80% of marriages of parents of autistic children end in divorce.

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Too young for adventure?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2010, 3:05 PM May 19, 2010
3

A 13-year old is trying to be the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest.

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Are some kids worth grieving over more than others?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2010, 1:03 PM May 19, 2010
4

If gang members aren’t worth mourning, is there any hope of saving them?

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When it comes to kids, what are we thinking?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2010, 10:39 AM May 19, 2010
13

The story of the father who put his son near a cougar at Como isn’t the only case of risking our children we see each day.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 5/19/10: Somebody’s poll is wrong

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2010, 7:40 AM May 19, 2010
9

What do polls tell us, Vietnam’s long shadow, Rochester’s anti-smoking crusade, what kids can tell us about the recession, and should wind turbines be banned outstate?

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Court: Minnesota can lock up sexually dangerous Native Americans

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2010, 3:34 PM May 18, 2010

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today ruled the state doesn’t have the authority to incarcerate Native Americas as sexually dangerous persons, but the court gave the state permission to do so.

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Beating the clock

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2010, 1:37 PM May 18, 2010
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A St. Paul ambulance crew is honored for the fastest response time.

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In Alabama, class learns how to shoot a president

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2010, 11:16 AM May 18, 2010
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The Secret Service investigates a teacher but finds explaining geometry by calculating shooting a president does not violate the law.

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Mississippi dioxins linked to clean hands

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2010, 10:38 AM May 18, 2010

Et tu, soap?

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 5/18/10: Speed dating with your doc

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2010, 7:08 AM May 18, 2010
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Three-minute health care, why do men lie more than women, baking Earth, Julie Sweeney’s biology, and the Hamilton flies again.

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SCOTUS upholds civil commitments for ‘sexually dangerous’

Than Tibbetts May 17, 2010, 3:24 PM May 17, 2010

In a 7-2 decision today, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law allowing the government to hold “sexually dangerous” persons in civil commitment after they have served the length of their criminal sentences.

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A sense of scale

Than Tibbetts May 14, 2010, 11:25 AM May 14, 2010
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Put the Gulf oil spill in your backyard. Or, more precisely, everybody’s backyard.

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Blogmail

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2010, 6:34 AM May 14, 2010
13

The writer of the blog cannot come to the page right now. He’s off until Tuesday. Please leave a message.

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One woman and a world of difference

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2010, 3:28 PM May 13, 2010
7

Generations don’t change things. People do.

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Field of Dreams for sale

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2010, 3:15 PM May 13, 2010
1

$5.4 million and it’s yours.

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