NewsCut

Pity is not a business model

Than Tibbetts April 20, 2009, 3:00 PM Apr 20, 2009

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A poignant story is supposed to remind us just how much we’ll miss newspapers when they’re gone.

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Sex sells (and wins Pulitzers)

Than Tibbetts April 20, 2009, 2:06 PM Apr 20, 2009

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Journalism’s top prize winners win for digging up sex scandals.

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All aboard

Than Tibbetts April 20, 2009, 11:36 AM Apr 20, 2009

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It’s hard enough to build a baseball stadium for less than a billion dollars these days. How about a nationwide network of high-speed trains?

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Your Monday morning motivator

Than Tibbetts April 20, 2009, 10:32 AM Apr 20, 2009

I know my TPS reports feel a little lighter this morning.

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Pardon the interruption

Bob Collins April 17, 2009, 6:08 PM Apr 17, 2009

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News Cut is taking a break.

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The St. Charles evacuation

Bob Collins April 17, 2009, 6:04 PM Apr 17, 2009

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A massive fire is approaching large chemical tanks.

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If David Sedaris delivered pizza

Bob Collins April 17, 2009, 1:15 PM Apr 17, 2009

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A YouTube parody for the public radio fan.

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Zero tolerance?

Bob Collins April 17, 2009, 1:01 PM Apr 17, 2009

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When it is OK to strip search a 13 year old girl?

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The art of the ‘obscenely cool’

Bob Collins April 17, 2009, 12:34 PM Apr 17, 2009

A public viewing of a Rube Goldberg winner.

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Five at 8 – 4/17/09

Bob Collins April 17, 2009, 7:56 AM Apr 17, 2009

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High school hazing, fat airline passengers, funny law students, 50 years of bad grammar advice, and the tragedy of time.

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History is history

Bob Collins April 16, 2009, 3:26 PM Apr 16, 2009

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The Minnesota Historical Society is announcing huge cuts.

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How others see us

Bob Collins April 16, 2009, 12:40 PM Apr 16, 2009

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Europe checks in on the Coleman-Franken race.

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Heads-will-roll season

Bob Collins April 16, 2009, 12:21 PM Apr 16, 2009

The Minnesota Wild have fired the only general manager they’ve ever had.

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Another shoe drops

Bob Collins April 16, 2009, 11:58 AM Apr 16, 2009

Today marked the biggest real estate bankruptcy filing ever in the United States.

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Long bombs

Bob Collins April 16, 2009, 10:48 AM Apr 16, 2009

Americans are more optimistic about the short term than the long term.

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