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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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An attempt to stamp out spin

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 21, 2008, 4:31 AM Oct 21, 2008

Can a piece of software and some volunteers root out bias in online news articles?

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Metric football

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2008, 7:17 AM Oct 20, 2008
3

At one time, the U.S. came within a few kilometers of adopting the metric system.

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Minnesota – October weekend

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2008, 6:14 PM Oct 19, 2008
4

Next stop: Winter.

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College costs: How much is too much?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2008, 8:14 AM Oct 18, 2008
1

The U of M intends to raise tuition again. When it comes to college costs, what’s the ‘tipping point?’

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Tales from flyover country

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2008, 10:35 AM Oct 17, 2008

A few stories today that escaped the attention of the Twin Cities media.

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Your favorite amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2008, 4:39 PM Oct 16, 2008
5

Are there any amendments to the Constitution that are ‘just another amendment?’

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Ratchet and Boo

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2008, 7:55 AM Oct 16, 2008
4

Soldiers in Iraq appear to have succeeded in getting pet dogs shipped back home.

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A blogger by any other name

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 13, 2008, 11:56 AM Oct 13, 2008
28

You know who makes it hard for people to call themselves bloggers? Bloggers.

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Minnesota in October

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2008, 1:13 PM Oct 12, 2008
2

Send in your photographs of peak color in Minnesota.

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What do Americans have against math?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2008, 7:59 AM Oct 10, 2008
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Just about everything, a study today says.

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No pets allowed

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 7, 2008, 3:58 PM Oct 7, 2008
6

A Minnesota soldier is making international news after her dog was confiscated in Baghdad.

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What’s News Cut up to?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 7, 2008, 5:22 AM Oct 7, 2008
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Here’s some of the things Bob Collins is working on for News Cut and ways you can help.

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Update on live-blogging test

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2008, 7:25 AM Oct 4, 2008

Here’s an update on the live-blogging experiment on Thursday night using the newer software, CoverItLive. It failed the test. Unknown to me going into the debate, the CIL server slapped a limit on how many people could view the live blog. For us, I think it was something like 187 people at a time; that’s Read more →

More on the hurricane dogs

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2008, 12:38 PM Oct 2, 2008
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Yesterday I wrote about the Hurricane Ike dogs that have arrived in Minnesota. I asked the people at the Humane Society for a few pictures and they’ve now arrived. At the risk of being accused of being the next Sally Struthers, here they are:

Plagiarism

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2008, 5:11 PM Oct 1, 2008
1

A speech for Canada to join the invasion of Iraq in 2003 appears to have been lifted directly from Australia.

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