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NewsCut

MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

Clinton’s exit

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 7:18 PM Jun 4, 2008
15

Did the media sink Hillary Clinton’s campaign with sexist coverage? Or did she lose the nomination because she wasn’t the candidate of choice?

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Winona’s bridge closing causing serious problems

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 2:36 PM Jun 4, 2008

When other bridges over the Mississippi have been closed, an alternate has been close by. That’s not the case in Winona.

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The question that must be answered

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 10:57 AM Jun 4, 2008
66

Tim Pawlenty’s smackdown of Barack Obama as presidential timber casts the spotlight again on Tim Pawlenty’s credentials for a spot on a national ticket.

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The Line redux

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 9:44 AM Jun 4, 2008
2

The audience has submitted their own pix and video while waiting in line for the Barack Obama rally.

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Live-blogging Obama

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 9:08 PM Jun 3, 2008
5

News Cut’s account of Barack Obama’s speech in St. Paul.

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Just get in line

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 7:49 PM Jun 3, 2008
32

Blogging the search for the end of the line to see Barack Obama.

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Bridges or Barack?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 7:47 PM Jun 3, 2008
5

MnDOT announces another bridge closing over the Mississippi River

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The Obama rally

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 5:14 PM Jun 3, 2008
1

If Marion Gaborik could’ve remembered how to score goals, tonight’s Obama rally might be held in Rockford, Illinois instead of St. Paul.

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Arts & Culture

Diddley dead

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 9:00 AM Jun 3, 2008

He gave the music world a beat.

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Weather

From Rogers with love

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 12:03 AM Jun 3, 2008
1

The Sims family watched the Hugo tornado unfold and felt they were watching a replay of the catastrophe that took their home. Now, they’ve got advice for Hugo residents.

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Obama’s metaphor

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2008, 3:30 PM Jun 2, 2008
2

Barack Obama will apparently be claiming victory atop the ground where Walter Mondale once declared defeat.

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It’s raining salespeople!

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2008, 1:12 PM Jun 2, 2008
1

After the occasional hailstorm in Minnesota, the roofing and siding door-to-door salespeople are out in force.

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Mailbag: Minnesota’s tornado alley

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2008, 12:27 PM Jun 2, 2008
2

Does the North Metro have a higher probability of tornadoes in Minnesota?

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Manipulating teens

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2008, 11:40 AM Jun 2, 2008
5

Startling research shows: Teens may not listen to what their parents say.

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Weather

The lessons of the Rogers tornado: The Paulsons’ story

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2008, 8:41 PM Jun 1, 2008
2

The people of Rogers, Minn., have a unique perspective on tornadoes. And they’re anxious to share it with the people of Hugo.

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