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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Surveys and trivia

We’re #24!

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2009, 2:44 PM Nov 20, 2009
3

A magazine says Woodbury is the 24th best place to raise your kids.

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After the fact policing

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2009, 12:15 PM Nov 20, 2009
9

A college student gets a ticket for underage drinking because of a picture on Facebook.

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The Future of News redux

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2009, 11:13 AM Nov 20, 2009

The keynote looks at a dispute between a newspaper and a public radio network.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 -11/20/09: Things to do while reading the health care bill

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2009, 7:09 AM Nov 20, 2009
2

Why is Jon Stewart a better journalist than journalists? The lure of small towns, Paramedics going rogue, and Kid Klingon considered.

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FAA computer outage had little impact at MSP

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2009, 12:17 PM Nov 19, 2009
2

Reports of a crippled system were vastly overstated.

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An economy-to-English translation

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2009, 10:57 AM Nov 19, 2009
3

Behind the numbers of unemployment and the economy, there’s a bare-knuckle fight between economic theories.

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Five at 8 – 11/18/09: ‘Down in front!’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2009, 7:38 AM Nov 19, 2009
3

Obstructed seats at Target field, poor people vs. the Vikings, the life of a soldier, school phobia, and toilets.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: The things we do to ourselves

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 5:34 PM Nov 18, 2009
4

A lot of the damage to our psyche in the wake of 9/11, we’ve done to ourselves.

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Breaking: Tour bus crash in Austin

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 4:36 PM Nov 18, 2009

Several people are reportedly dead in the crash of a tour bus on I-90 in Austin, Minnesota.

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Beyond the carousel

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 1:07 PM Nov 18, 2009
4

Gerald Cafesjian’s legacy is a palatial building that’s now Town Square in St. Paul.

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Search for missing aviator ends

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 11:31 AM Nov 18, 2009
8

What might have caused the crash of a plane in northwest Minnesota?

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Holder’s testimony

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 9:47 AM Nov 18, 2009
2

The attorney general defends his decision to try the 9/11 mastermind in federal court.

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Five at 8 – 11/18/09: America’s greatest math teacher

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 7:41 AM Nov 18, 2009
13

Football as intellectual stimulus, a job to ride out the recession, should drunk driving be a felony, goofy in Greenfield, and time’s running out for an intelligent discussion about mammograms.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: Homosexuality and abuse

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2009, 5:20 PM Nov 17, 2009
1

A coming study says there’s no relationship between homosexuality and abuse among Roman Catholic priests.

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Charitable fallout

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2009, 3:04 PM Nov 17, 2009
25

Area foundations underwriting a day of charity, will be sending some of their money to a controversial ministry.

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