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New media ethics

Bob Collins February 14, 2008, 7:56 AM Feb 14, 2008

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Here’s your invitation to a discussion on the new journalism.

Housekeeping item: The archives

Bob Collins February 14, 2008, 1:00 AM Feb 14, 2008

Because News Cut is updating with new information so often, posts scroll off the bottom of the main page pretty quickly and some of you have commented that the search function where you have to remember what day it was (that calendar over there on the right) isn’t very good. I agree, but there is Read more →

Pregnant and fired

Bob Collins February 13, 2008, 3:00 PM Feb 13, 2008

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A parochial school cans a teacher who is unmarried and pregnant.

The duck stays

Bob Collins February 13, 2008, 2:36 PM Feb 13, 2008

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An Ulen woman gets to keep a duck in defiance of a city ordinance.

What do you want your obituary to say?

Bob Collins February 13, 2008, 2:35 PM Feb 13, 2008

Do you want it to be a truthful account of who you were? Or do you want it to gloss over your warts and tuck a little here and there? Perhaps you’ve sat at a funeral and heard the eulogy and thought, “wow, why can’t I be as good?” The eulogy is a memorial. The Read more →

Pick the liar

Bob Collins February 13, 2008, 10:52 AM Feb 13, 2008

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At today’s baseball steroids hearing, everyone looks guilty of something.

A walk on the good side

Bob Collins February 13, 2008, 7:44 AM Feb 13, 2008

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As bad as Tuesday was — news wise — it’s not as if nothing good happened around us.

Delta, Northwest deal moving closer

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 9:26 PM Feb 12, 2008

The two airlines seem to have a blueprint for merger.

The lost children of Minneapolis

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 4:40 PM Feb 12, 2008

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Three children apparently helped a woman beat a 4-year-old boy to death.

English as the official language?

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 2:10 PM Feb 12, 2008

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On the first day of the session, a Minnesota lawmaker stirs up the melting pot.

How much is a lost laptop worth?

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 10:59 AM Feb 12, 2008

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About $54 million, one woman says.

The health benefits of global warming

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 10:50 AM Feb 12, 2008

Fewer people die in the cold.

Covering the duck

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 10:33 AM Feb 12, 2008

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A showdown is looming tonight in Ulen, Minn.

Hockey and health care

Bob Collins February 12, 2008, 9:14 AM Feb 12, 2008

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Memo to lawmakers: Don’t compare the cost of hockey to the cost of health care.

Sprewell’s tough times

Bob Collins February 11, 2008, 6:03 PM Feb 11, 2008

It turns out the former Timberwolf really can’t make ends meet on a few million dollars.