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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.

Regional history

Chuck Doyle’s journey

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 3:45 PM Apr 25, 2008
6

He was expelled from Washburn in 1933 for buzzing a football game in his plane. He finally graduated in 2002.

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Gas Pump Chronicles

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 1:05 PM Apr 25, 2008
5

There’s pain, but no panic, at the gas pumps.

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Your home. Your heart.

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 10:45 AM Apr 25, 2008
3

Tell Bob what your home means to you.

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Surveys and trivia

Are you addicted to your computer?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 10:40 AM Apr 25, 2008
6

Do you often block out disturbing thoughts about your life with ‘soothing thoughts of the Internet?’

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The ‘ethanol tax’ revisited

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 9:30 AM Apr 25, 2008
10

The cost of using E85 is even higher than News Cut’s unscientific survey had estimated.

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Wanted: Weather anchor

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 8:59 AM Apr 25, 2008
1

WCCO’s looking. Pay negotiable, to a point.

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The dinosaur diaries

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2008, 12:32 PM Apr 24, 2008
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You can’t save the earth, apparently, until you get too depressed to bother.

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A question of student safety

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2008, 8:39 AM Apr 24, 2008
17

A couple of students get expelled for buying souvenir swords while on a class trip.

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Where are all the bingo players?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2008, 6:52 AM Apr 24, 2008
4

Blame the smoking ban.

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A small slice of the federal pie

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2008, 5:04 PM Apr 23, 2008
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When it comes to getting back some of the money paid in federal taxes, Minnesota is on the bottom of the pile.

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Merger math

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2008, 2:14 PM Apr 23, 2008
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How are two airlines bleeding red ink supposed to make a profit?

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Drunks on the road

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2008, 12:03 AM Apr 23, 2008
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A study out today says drivers in the upper Midwest are more likely to be drunk drivers.

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A poke in the ‘eye’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 10:30 PM Apr 22, 2008

Can the Paul Douglas saga get any weirder?

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The 24/7 boss

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 3:07 PM Apr 22, 2008
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A Minnesota court rules the boss can’t get away with pushing you around just because you’re not in the workplace

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Is there a (photo) doctor in the house?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 2:05 PM Apr 22, 2008
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How much license should journalists have with images?

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