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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2011

The beauty of disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2011, 2:01 PM Sep 14, 2011
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What is it about nature’s ‘disasters’ that can be so beautiful?

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How others treat the mentally ill

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2011, 1:54 PM Sep 14, 2011
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NPR.org has the hard-to-fathom look at Indonesia.

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How not to design a memorial to 9/11

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2011, 1:04 PM Sep 14, 2011
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A New Jersey town gives in to criticism and removes a monument to the victims of 9/11.

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NY v. 9/11 families

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2011, 10:45 AM Sep 14, 2011

Now that the 10th anniversary commemorations at the World Trade Center site are over, many families of the victims of the attack are back trying to settle a dispute that has raged in one fashion or another since: What to do with the remains of their loved ones.

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Five by 8

Where are we risk free? (5×8 – 9/14/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2011, 7:52 AM Sep 14, 2011
13

Where can nature not touch us, laughter as medicine, a man, the earth, and a dog, dispatches from the suspicion society, and victims fight back in Minneapolis.

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The Senser case

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2011, 4:37 PM Sep 13, 2011
8

In journalism, there are only 6 elements to any story: Who, what, why, when, where, and how. In the absence of answers to any of those questions, we’re not licensed to make them up.

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Not my kid

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2011, 2:38 PM Sep 13, 2011
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Parents don’t really know what their kids are up to when it comes to drinking booze and smoking pot, a survey suggests.

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Whose money is freeing the American hikers?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2011, 12:11 PM Sep 13, 2011
3

We may never know for sure whose money is being paid to Iran.

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The wildfire quandary: Fight or flight?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2011, 11:43 AM Sep 13, 2011
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Should the Forest Service just let wildfires burn, or make a significant effort to douse them immediately?

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Silence and the 9/11 coverage

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2011, 10:44 AM Sep 13, 2011
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NPR listeners object to elements of 9/11 anniversary coverage.

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Five by 8

The unemployment game (5×8 – 9/13/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2011, 7:28 AM Sep 13, 2011
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Can you make ends meet, Owatonna Ted revealed, preserving a history of shame, Alzheimer’s and the baby boomer, and balloon popping 101.

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The many faces of Rick Adelman

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 2:48 PM Sep 12, 2011
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According to Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, via Twitter, the team has hired Rick Adelman as a coach.

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Judge: Horn-honking is not protected speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 11:56 AM Sep 12, 2011
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As with everything in Wisconsin that doesn’t stem from the Packers, this stems from Gov. Scott Walker’s move last spring to limit the collective bargaining rights of some public employees.

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A parachutist’s view of TCF bank stadium

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 11:43 AM Sep 12, 2011
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From high above you can get a good shot at the empty student section.

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Thirty thousand people pay for bank’s sins

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 11:00 AM Sep 12, 2011
1

Somewhere, there’s a person wondering how they’re going to pay the mortgage, send the kids to college, and put food on the table when the unemployment checks run out.

That person is not named Ken Lewis.

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