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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2011

Five by 8

Carpe per diem (5×8 – 6/8/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2011, 7:30 AM Jun 8, 2011
11

Cash and the Minnesota legislator, would you rather be too hot or too cold, the problem with men, the cure for what ails classical music, and the nature of forgiveness in north Minneapolis.

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The flash mobs of Chicago

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2011, 3:04 PM Jun 7, 2011
2

There are flash mobs, and there are flash mobs

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Bike vs. driver: Are we getting better at this?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2011, 1:57 PM Jun 7, 2011
19

While I still read the occasional online ‘flame’ from some of my bike-riding friends about some assault on sensibility, I’m not hearing as much bike vs. driver debate as I did just a few years ago.

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More tornado relief efforts

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2011, 12:32 PM Jun 7, 2011
1

Sales are slow-going for a concert to benefit victims of the tornado in north Minneapolis.

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Intelligent design and the graduating class

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2011, 11:37 AM Jun 7, 2011
8

What’s commencement season without the obligatory controversy over prayer, or in the case of Northfield High School: one teacher’s religious theories?

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The mystery of Farah Mohamed Beledi

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2011, 10:39 AM Jun 7, 2011

Beledi’s family doesn’t know how the Minneapolis man ended up a suicide bomber in Somalia. Why would they?

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Five by 8

Liars in the news (5×8 – 6/7/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2011, 7:15 AM Jun 7, 2011
7

The wide world of lying, nickel and diming the baseball fan, the view from space is nicer than the view from earth, a tornado report card, and what hell week looks like.

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Weather

Tornado planning at Target Field

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2011, 2:13 PM Jun 6, 2011
1

A couple of weeks after the team didn’t tell patrons that a tornado warning had been issued for Minneapolis, the Minnesota Twins announced today the National Weather Service has made Target Field a “StormReady supporter.” But far from a response to not telling patrons of the tornado warning, the Twins’ decision may reflect its value. Read more →

Tree-trimmer releases post-tornado video

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2011, 1:09 PM Jun 6, 2011
5

Minneapolis officials have not responded to questions about exactly why a Hastings tree trimmer who wasn’t charging anybody for his help, was escorted from the city.

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How do you spell ‘spelling bee?’ E-v-i-l

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2011, 12:45 PM Jun 6, 2011
8

That was a heck of a blast against spelling bees from professor Anatoly Liberman at the University of Minnesota on MPR’s Midmorning today.

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Appeals Court upholds U of M’s right to flunk a student

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2011, 12:00 PM Jun 6, 2011
1

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a graduate student’s lawsuit against the University of Minnesota for not refunding her tuition after flunking out of a course required for her master’s degree.

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The world’s top incomes

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2011, 10:56 AM Jun 6, 2011
6

A comparison of the top one percent of incomes by country.

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Five by 8

Tornado tales (5×8 – 6/6/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2011, 7:25 AM Jun 6, 2011
2

Tornadoes expose the way people are forced to live, Moorhead’s extreme home tax bill, pinecones as the new currency, Palin’s history, and the bike kid.

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Why Sen. Scheid took the health care debate personally

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2011, 3:03 PM Jun 3, 2011

Sen. Linda Scheid, a DFLer from Brooklyn Park, has entered hospice after an extended fight against cancer.

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Crime and Justice

John Edwards, distracted driver

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2011, 1:38 PM Jun 3, 2011
2

Former presidential candidate John Edwards cheated on his dying wife, fathered a child with a campaign staffer, and may have illegal diverted campaign funds to help keep the affair quiet.

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