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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2012

A December surprise

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 12:13 PM Dec 11, 2012
8

That giant sucking sound this morning was an asteroid ‘just missing’ Earth. Or not.

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Weather

Politics and snow removal

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 11:15 AM Dec 11, 2012
10

In Minnesota, it often doesn’t really matter what a politician does, as long as the roads get plowed in the winter and the potholes get fixed in the spring.

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Five by 8

What makes a Minnesotan Minnesotan after a snowfall? (5×8 – 12/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 7:37 AM Dec 11, 2012
16

Getting along after a snowstorm, can the NHL survive, end of the American ascendancy, a choir’s dream, and maybe the ‘cloud’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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People doing good

Parking the bus

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 3:05 PM Dec 10, 2012
0

The five members of Bus 52 end their year-long journey.

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End of a ping pong icon

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 2:19 PM Dec 10, 2012
0

There are worse ways to spend a life than playing ping pong.

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Regional history

All about Sacred Heart

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 11:49 AM Dec 10, 2012
2

What do you know about the Minnesota city with the most snow?

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If a cop says ‘get out of the car,’ get out of the car

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 11:21 AM Dec 10, 2012
4

The Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects a constitutional challenge in a drunk-driving case.

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Weather

The end is near

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 11:05 AM Dec 10, 2012
2

Blizzard, schmizzard. This was just a test.

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Unclear on the concept

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 10:51 AM Dec 10, 2012
3

The governor of Georgia thinks public broadcasting should ‘promote’ his state.

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Five by 8

Let there be music! (5×8 – 12/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 6:50 AM Dec 10, 2012
6

The landfill philharmonic, saying ‘goodbye’ in music, the snow-emergency song, West Fargo’s guitar man, and the worst Christmas song ever.

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It could happen

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 8, 2012, 9:10 AM Dec 8, 2012
5

A lot of news stories depend on one word.

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Still paddling

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2012, 4:22 PM Dec 7, 2012
1

Whatever became of that guy who was kayaking from the Northwest Angle of Minnesota down the Mississippi and on to Key West?

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The man who married Santa’s daughter

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2012, 1:07 PM Dec 7, 2012

Elmer Abbas has only been a mall Santa once — 1998 at Maplewood Mall. That was the year that Chris Burd sat on his lap and probably didn’t answer ‘your daughter’ when Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas.

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When deejays cross the line

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2012, 10:00 AM Dec 7, 2012
13

This should — but, sadly, probably won’t — serve as a wakeup call to all the insipid radio morning shows whose appeal is the outrageous stunts the morning teams do for the audience that craves them. Earlier this week, a radio station called the London hospital where Prince William’s wife was being treated for her Read more →

Five by 8

The man who adds names to Pearl Harbor dead (5×8 – 12/7/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2012, 7:26 AM Dec 7, 2012
7

Ray Emory’s day, the old Facebook comforter, two by two — same sex marriage in Washington state, the birth and death map timewaster, and the giant sing-along at the State Fair.

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