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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2010

Five by 8

Five by 8 -6/21/10: The ethics of Alzheimer’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 7:29 AM Jun 21, 2010
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A TV reporter reveals his Alzheimer’s secret, is marathoning healthy, Exxon Valdez revisited, the Wadena crucifix, and should nurses strike?

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Let them eat oil?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2010, 8:35 AM Jun 20, 2010

Tony Hayward, the man deposed last week as the public face of the BP oil spill, is — it turns out — still the public face of the BP oil spill. On his first day off since the April explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, Hayward went to the yacht races yesterday.

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Spill the one

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 1:50 PM Jun 19, 2010

After about two months, our short attention span starts to wander from most big news stories. But the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is different.

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Manute Bol, saint

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 1:22 PM Jun 19, 2010

The former NBA player will be known for far more important things than his exploits with a round ball and a basket.

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Weather

The week in pictures: Weather edition

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 11:09 AM Jun 19, 2010

Here’s a Flickr slideshow of images relating to last Thursday’s weather. Many photographers captured the color of the sky perfectly. As these are pulled directly from Flickr, some of these will not make sense; most will.

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John Hodgman in St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 8:05 AM Jun 19, 2010

Courtesy of MPR interactive guru Julia Schrenkler, here’s video of last night’s Wits with John Hodgman at the Fitzgerald Theater

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Surveys and trivia

Toy Stories

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2010, 7:48 AM Jun 19, 2010
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The opening of the latest Toy Story has people remembering their favorite toy as a child.

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In spending race, college athletics easily outpace academics

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 3:43 PM Jun 18, 2010
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The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today released a report comparing university spending on athletes vs. those whose primary role at college is academics. Athletes won, the report says.

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Your favorite Tony Hayward moment

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 1:23 PM Jun 18, 2010

Tony Hayward, the face of the BP oil disaster, may have gotten the kiss from the oil company.

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Adults may be bigger “texting” threat than kids, study says

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 12:35 PM Jun 18, 2010

A study today of texting while driving is presenting more evidence that it’s not a generational thing anymore.

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Inspiration by Mario

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 12:27 PM Jun 18, 2010
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Today’s the kind of day we need a Friday Funny [tm], so here it is.

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Weather

What are the odds?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 9:51 AM Jun 18, 2010
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There’s a lot of open space in rural Minnesota, and yet tornados struck buildings where few exist yesterday.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/18/10: Scenes from a disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 7:12 AM Jun 18, 2010
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Where do you start the clean-up, the life of an airline pilot revealed, death by Twitter, should class rank be eliminated, and why do men lie?

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Weather

Weather pictures

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 5:48 PM Jun 17, 2010
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The first severe weather of the season is a boon to those of us who like watching cloud formations.

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Weather

When hail hurts

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2010, 3:46 PM Jun 17, 2010
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Is golf-ball-sized hail dangerous?

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