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Southwest Airlines coming to Minneapolis-St. Paul

Bob Collins October 1, 2008, 3:34 PM Oct 1, 2008

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Upstart airlines have had a tough time at MSP. But by the time Southwest starts flying into the area, the hometown airline will have disappeared.

There’s nothing more to see here

Bob Collins October 1, 2008, 3:22 PM Oct 1, 2008

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The best site to view the scene of the I-35W bridge is being dismantled.

The new citizenship test

Bob Collins October 1, 2008, 12:26 PM Oct 1, 2008

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Are you smarter than a naturalized citizen?

Five engineering lessons of the new bridge

Bob Collins October 1, 2008, 8:07 AM Oct 1, 2008

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Minnesota gets some love from the engineering community.

Bailout goes belly up

Bob Collins September 29, 2008, 3:22 PM Sep 29, 2008

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Somewhere it’s still ‘the way it used to be.’

A quiz for the elite

Bob Collins September 26, 2008, 6:10 PM Sep 26, 2008

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Bloggers are human. We hate hate mail. So we’ve taken the Twins’ questions out of this week’s quiz. By the way, let’s go Twins!

Time Waster: Fixing an airliner in 2 minutes

Bob Collins September 25, 2008, 2:53 PM Sep 25, 2008

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For one of the more unsung jobs on the planet, there are 500 applications for every opening.

Word of the day: Pig

Bob Collins September 24, 2008, 2:08 PM Sep 24, 2008

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Pigs in the news.

Abandoning teens

Bob Collins September 23, 2008, 4:53 PM Sep 23, 2008

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A law in Nebraska allows parents to abandon their teenagers. And a few are.

UFOs

Bob Collins September 22, 2008, 1:43 PM Sep 22, 2008

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How come we don’t hear many UFO stories anymore?

Are you smarter than a blogger?

Bob Collins September 19, 2008, 5:11 PM Sep 19, 2008

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I have a good feeling about your chances of success in this week’s News Cut Quiz. You seem more confident, more assertive and — dare I say — more informed.

Airline fees to stay

Bob Collins September 18, 2008, 3:07 PM Sep 18, 2008

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Airlines imposed new fees because of high fuel prices. Now that the cost of fuel has come down, the airlines aren’t willing to give up the cash, especially since you’ll pay the fees.

The bridge reopens

Bob Collins September 17, 2008, 7:11 PM Sep 17, 2008

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With the reopening of the I-35W bridge, Minneapolis is making some traffic changes.

Hitting the links

Bob Collins September 17, 2008, 8:40 AM Sep 17, 2008

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Five suggestions for the day in no particular order.

The tight race

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 5:05 PM Sep 15, 2008

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A projection of electoral votes, based on polling, has swung John McCain’s way for the first time.