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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2008

The dinosaur diaries

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2008, 12:32 PM Apr 24, 2008
6

You can’t save the earth, apparently, until you get too depressed to bother.

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A question of student safety

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2008, 8:39 AM Apr 24, 2008
17

A couple of students get expelled for buying souvenir swords while on a class trip.

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Where are all the bingo players?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2008, 6:52 AM Apr 24, 2008
4

Blame the smoking ban.

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A small slice of the federal pie

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2008, 5:04 PM Apr 23, 2008
6

When it comes to getting back some of the money paid in federal taxes, Minnesota is on the bottom of the pile.

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Merger math

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2008, 2:14 PM Apr 23, 2008
9

How are two airlines bleeding red ink supposed to make a profit?

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Drunks on the road

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2008, 12:03 AM Apr 23, 2008
11

A study out today says drivers in the upper Midwest are more likely to be drunk drivers.

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A poke in the ‘eye’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 10:30 PM Apr 22, 2008

Can the Paul Douglas saga get any weirder?

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The 24/7 boss

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 3:07 PM Apr 22, 2008
3

A Minnesota court rules the boss can’t get away with pushing you around just because you’re not in the workplace

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Is there a (photo) doctor in the house?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 2:05 PM Apr 22, 2008
1

How much license should journalists have with images?

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Earth, best friends, cricket and the things that we hold dear

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 12:21 PM Apr 22, 2008

Desperate attempts to find a common thread in uncommon news stories

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Live-blogging: How you spend

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 9:43 AM Apr 22, 2008
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Live-blogging of today’s Midmorning regarding the study, “Tightwads and Spendthrifts,” examining how we handle our spending.

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Where’s MNSpeak?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 9:04 AM Apr 22, 2008
8

Fans of the social networking/discussion/gossip site for Minnesota may be suffering pangs of withdrawal today.

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Surveys and trivia

Tightwad or spendthrift?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 4:30 PM Apr 21, 2008
11

Live blogging Midmorning with your spending — or not — stories.

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The view from the cockpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 1:13 PM Apr 21, 2008

An area pilot/blogger provides a first-hand account of just how broken the nation’s air-traffic system is.

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Why Johnny can’t run

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 11:26 AM Apr 21, 2008
2

Americans are no factor in marathons anymore. Why?

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