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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2009

In the pink

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2009, 1:58 PM Oct 6, 2009
3

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, how much pink is too much pink?

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School bus safety

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2009, 12:30 PM Oct 6, 2009
4

A usual question after a school bus accident is: ‘Why aren’t there seat belts on school buses?’

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Fire in the hole!

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2009, 10:57 AM Oct 6, 2009
1

If the weather is a little chilly for you, gather around 5th Avenue SE and Main St. SE in Minneapolis.

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The unbeloved

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2009, 9:21 AM Oct 6, 2009
2

The Metrodome is a haunted house that won’t go away.

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Five at 8 – 10/6/09: Dealmaking 101

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2009, 7:21 AM Oct 6, 2009
1

How investors make money when companies fail, the cockpit view of MSP runway construction, is the thrill gone in the State of Hockey, you say Wanat and I say Khe Sanh, and perhaps it’s time for Letterman to zip it.

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Should Cabrera play?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2009, 3:14 PM Oct 5, 2009
7

A key player for the Detroit Tigers is charged with domestic abuse.

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Has ‘the media’ told the economic story from Main Street?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2009, 12:21 PM Oct 5, 2009
2

A study says most coverage has been on politics and big banks.

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Four year old channels Herb Brooks

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2009, 10:43 AM Oct 5, 2009

Perhaps there’s a sport event or two around here this might fit.

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Five at 8 – 10/5/09: The tragedy of tainted meat

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2009, 7:20 AM Oct 5, 2009
1

The sickening of Stephanie Smith, a tribute to Joe Williams, a snub for the Dalai Lama, a new home without the product placement, and the American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar.

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Pioneer Press: Go Star Tribune!

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2009, 8:37 AM Oct 4, 2009
4

An ad in the Sunday Pioneer Press should foster speculation about what it meant.

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Our dereliction of duty

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 3, 2009, 9:57 AM Oct 3, 2009
11

If the local news media had treated Pvt. Travis Hafterson like a dog, it would have been an improvement.

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Saving Pvt. Hafterson: One of thousands

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2009, 12:45 PM Oct 2, 2009
5

Travis Hafterson’s inability to get help for his post traumatic stress syndrome, is a story shared by thousands, his fiancee says.

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Illegal, Immoral and Funny

Than Tibbetts October 2, 2009, 10:08 AM Oct 2, 2009
10

David Letterman comes clean on his backstage sexual shenanigans and comes out with comedy. Was he doing his job or just playing the victim?

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Saving Pvt. Hafterson: ‘We were so close.’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2009, 2:28 PM Oct 1, 2009
31

A Circle Pines Marine was hours away from the help for PTSD he’s been seeking. Then the Marine Corps showed up.

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Surveys and trivia

Michael Jackson ‘healthy’?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2009, 11:58 AM Oct 1, 2009

A secret autopsy report of the king of pop raises other questions.

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