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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for March 2012

The secret of proper parenting

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 7, 2012, 10:05 AM Mar 7, 2012
13

An entire industry exists to make you feel guilty that you’re not a better parent.

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Weather

A tornado’s connections

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 1:38 PM Mar 6, 2012
6

People who didn’t know each other before last Friday’s tornadoes, know each other now.

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Crowdsourcing history

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 12:03 PM Mar 6, 2012
5

Today, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries released reconstructions of the faces of two crew members of the Monitor, the submarine that sank in a New Year’s Eve storm 150 years ago.

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A closer look at the cheap shots in the NFC championship game

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 11:53 AM Mar 6, 2012
1

Minnesota Vikings fans, who watched cheap shot after cheap shot in the NFC Championship game in 2010 might want to look away:

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The aging of the BWCA visitor

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 10:41 AM Mar 6, 2012
12

Is it a problem that the average age of a visitor to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is approaching twice that of the average age in the 1960s?

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Five by 8

Why are African American students disciplined more often? (5×8 – 3/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 7:09 AM Mar 6, 2012
18

The discipline gap, was the Saints’ intentional injury system really so bad, a gun bill veto at night, the misery of the long-distance runner, and the science of ear worms.

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Health care’s unintended consequences

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 3:45 PM Mar 5, 2012
4

A study says an effort to reduce costs by modernizing health care records is having the opposite effect.

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The end of outdoor hockey?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 1:30 PM Mar 5, 2012
1

A study in Canada says the ‘outdoor hockey’ season is narrowing significantly.

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One small step for soil

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 1:19 PM Mar 5, 2012
8

A bill seeks to make Lester the official soil of Minnesota.

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Hockey stars unveil anti-homophobia campaign

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 12:21 PM Mar 5, 2012
4

Players and teams in the National Hockey League are sponsoring an effort to rid sports of homophobia.

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Minnesota getting break on gas price increases

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 11:48 AM Mar 5, 2012
4

Gas prices in Minnesota aren’t rising nearly as fast or predictably as the rest of the nation.

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‘8’ play turns court transcripts into theater

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 10:47 AM Mar 5, 2012
1

Some of Hollywood’s biggest names performed a play on Saturday based on transcripts from the court case against Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.

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Five by 8

It takes a tornado (5×8 – 3/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 6:36 AM Mar 5, 2012
14

Why do disasters recalibrate us, redshirting kindergarteners, public radio comedy, the moral dimensions of art, and a sled dog protest against sulfide mining.

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Weather

1,000 words: The cleanup

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2012, 9:36 AM Mar 3, 2012
10

This is a scene being repeated all over the country today as people return to their destroyed homes to find pieces of their lives in the rubble from tornadoes. This morning, Marta Righthouse of Marysville, Indiana was one of the people pulling out what seems to be everyone’s first choice — the family photo albums. Read more →

Saints cheated in playoff win over Vikings

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2012, 2:48 PM Mar 2, 2012
25

The NFL says players were paid to injure opposition players, including the year the Saints beat the Vikings in the NFC championship game.

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