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Embracing Winter: The fish house parade

Bob Collins November 29, 2009, 9:29 AM Nov 29, 2009

Seasons from a season.

Commuting horror stories

Bob Collins November 29, 2009, 9:11 AM Nov 29, 2009

What does our style of driving tell us about ourselves?

Flight 188: What the tapes tell us

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 10:00 PM Nov 27, 2009

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The FAA releases tapes between controllers and pilots who say they were too distracted to land their jet in Minneapolis.

Reality fallout

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 5:48 PM Nov 27, 2009

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The White House admits the people who crashed the state dinner did meet President Obama.

Shuttle landings made easy

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 9:40 AM Nov 27, 2009

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Few technological contraptions can be as breathtaking as a shuttle landing.

Apples-to-oranges polling

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 7:49 AM Nov 27, 2009

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Why do two polls with the same apparent question yield different results?

Thanks

Than Tibbetts November 25, 2009, 9:52 AM Nov 25, 2009

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Instead of ‘what’, I want to know ‘who’ you are thankful for.

Twin Cities terror indictments

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 5:08 PM Nov 24, 2009

Yesterday’s news that eight people would be charged in connection with the disappearance of young Somali men from the Twin Cities put the long-running story back in the national spotlight.

The rest of the story

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 3:20 PM Nov 24, 2009

Authorities say the Kentucky Census worker found hanged wasn’t the victim of a mysterious anti-government conspiracy.

Five at 8: It’s Tuesday!

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 7:59 AM Nov 24, 2009

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Media Thanksgiving, a horror story and the war that won’t go away.

Should news information be beautiful?

kenpaulman November 23, 2009, 2:57 PM Nov 23, 2009

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An open discussion on news graphics. How do we share the news? How do we communicate data? How does presentation make or break the story?

Five at 8 – 11/23/09: Consider the source

kenpaulman November 23, 2009, 8:20 AM Nov 23, 2009

A Ronstadt rouser. Does audio have an inferiority complex? In search of… Whisky. National Park Traveler on Voyageurs. The wave. Do you know what is in your water?

What’s right with us?

Bob Collins November 22, 2009, 9:22 AM Nov 22, 2009

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Today’s news items that remind us who we are

A date on the calendar

Bob Collins November 22, 2009, 9:03 AM Nov 22, 2009

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It’s impossible to overestimate what the ‘the cloud of grie’ that descends when a president is assassinated..

The Weekly Quiz

Bob Collins November 20, 2009, 5:19 PM Nov 20, 2009

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The future of news depends on you remembering what the news is. Did you?