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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2009

Economic Armageddon?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2009, 6:19 PM Feb 10, 2009
13

Was the nation really within three hours of economic and political collapse last September?

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Leaders of Minneapolis mosque deny suggestions they recruited youth to fight

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2009, 2:04 PM Feb 10, 2009
7

The Somali leaders condemned ‘extremism’ and suggested individuals in the Minneapolis Somali community are responsible for the rumors.

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Pawlenty watching

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2009, 11:17 AM Feb 10, 2009
3

After a two-and-a-half-month vacation from ‘does Pawlenty want to be president? talk, the political wags are back at it.

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Airline on-time performance

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2009, 10:56 AM Feb 10, 2009
2

The latest statistics suggest the odds are not good that your flight will arrive or take off on time.

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The emotional toll of a bleak economy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2009, 7:03 AM Feb 10, 2009
3

There’s been a significant jump in the number of people calling crisis hotlines in Minnesota.

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The vanishing Somali boys

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 3:51 PM Feb 9, 2009
8

Officials at a mosque will confront rumors on Tuesday that it is involved in recruiting Somali boys to fight on behalf of Islamic extremists.

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A-Rod’s admission

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 1:59 PM Feb 9, 2009
4

After denying he ever took steroids, the player many consider the best player in baseball admits he took steroids.

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Regional history

Local Holocaust survivor’s story could be a movie

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 1:11 PM Feb 9, 2009

A chance meeting in the Virgin Islands for a man from Little Canada.

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The jobs we do

Where good ideas go to die

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 1:02 PM Feb 9, 2009
2

A NASA astronaut identifies the reasons good ideas die at his government agency. How does it compare to your workplace?

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Victory tour

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 12:06 PM Feb 9, 2009

The US Air 1549 crew navigates silly questions as professionally as landing a jet in a river.

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The ‘man’ factor

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 7:44 AM Feb 9, 2009
16

If most of the unemployed are men, should the stimulus package target male-dominated industries?

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Embracing winter (Pretending-it’s-not-winter edition)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2009, 4:25 PM Feb 8, 2009
3

There are a lot of people pretending they’re in the tropics, or at least in a different season.

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Embracing winter: The art sled rally

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2009, 11:25 AM Feb 8, 2009
7

Let’s face it: It’s a lot easier to embrace a Minnesota winter during a thaw in February.

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Health-care the A-Rod way

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2009, 8:27 AM Feb 8, 2009
4

The health care system in this country is in the steroid era, too.

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Who needs bipartisanship?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 7, 2009, 11:23 AM Feb 7, 2009
6

Are we done with the whole ‘working together’ thing?

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