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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.

Outrage delayed

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 7:11 PM May 1, 2008
3

John McCain is catching grief for remarks he made Wednesday about the I-35W bridge collapse. He made the identical comments three days after the August tragedy.

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Can you live without a cellphone?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 5:33 PM May 1, 2008
6

Take the poll and share your cellphone story.

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Immigration resurfaces

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 3:29 PM May 1, 2008
3

A nationwide protest on immigration policy included a march in St. Paul.

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Surveys and trivia

Sexy voices and fertile women

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 12:22 PM May 1, 2008
5

Another in the ongoing installment of strange academic studies.

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An aversion to being second fiddle?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 11:56 AM May 1, 2008

‘If you’re not first, you’re last.’

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The magic of May Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 8:53 AM May 1, 2008

The Minnesota version sure beats tanks and troops in Red Square.

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Regional history

The Women of World War II: Two Harbors’ vets

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 6:33 PM Apr 30, 2008
4

Part two of a series.

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A day in the life of Minnesota?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 4:15 PM Apr 30, 2008
3

Could we organize enough amateur photographers to create a scrapbook of who we are?

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Surveys and trivia

Your happiness/health index

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 7:25 AM Apr 30, 2008
2

We’re suffering. We’re struggling. But are we happy?

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Fielders hit a home run

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 6:42 AM Apr 30, 2008

Sportsmanship makes a comeback at a softball game.

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Live-blogging: The Youth Caucus

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 5:47 PM Apr 29, 2008
4

Why do kids care about community/civic life? Why should they?

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The death of Chris Jenkins

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 3:12 PM Apr 29, 2008
3

Sweeps month in local TV leads to a conspiracy theory in a local death, and a statement from police that says, ‘prove it.’

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Sex education in Minnesota schools

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 2:39 PM Apr 29, 2008
8

The Legislature has passed a requirement for sex education in Minnesota schools. Who’ll make the curriculum?

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Ethanol gets high marks

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 1:34 PM Apr 29, 2008
4

Survey shows high regard for ethanol and corn farmers.

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A cure for jet fuel blues?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 12:49 PM Apr 29, 2008
2

‘Plasma gasification’ may create jet fuel from garbage.

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