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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.

Earth, best friends, cricket and the things that we hold dear

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 12:21 PM Apr 22, 2008

Desperate attempts to find a common thread in uncommon news stories

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Live-blogging: How you spend

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 9:43 AM Apr 22, 2008
68

Live-blogging of today’s Midmorning regarding the study, “Tightwads and Spendthrifts,” examining how we handle our spending.

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Where’s MNSpeak?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2008, 9:04 AM Apr 22, 2008
8

Fans of the social networking/discussion/gossip site for Minnesota may be suffering pangs of withdrawal today.

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Surveys and trivia

Tightwad or spendthrift?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 4:30 PM Apr 21, 2008
11

Live blogging Midmorning with your spending — or not — stories.

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The view from the cockpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 1:13 PM Apr 21, 2008

An area pilot/blogger provides a first-hand account of just how broken the nation’s air-traffic system is.

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Why Johnny can’t run

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 11:26 AM Apr 21, 2008
2

Americans are no factor in marathons anymore. Why?

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The naked truth?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 11:25 AM Apr 21, 2008
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What will struggling restaurants do to compete in a lousy economy? How about better food?

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The merits of public service explored

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 8:15 AM Apr 21, 2008
2

We love to hate legislators, perhaps. But for almost half a year, they live without their family.

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Call for pictures: The junk by the side of the road

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2008, 7:51 AM Apr 21, 2008
3

According to the state, we toss out two tons of litter by the side of the road every mile.

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Minnesota’s flying circus

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2008, 9:14 AM Apr 20, 2008

There was an aviation history before Northwest; there’ll be one after it.

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Darkness on the edge of the E Street Band

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2008, 10:33 AM Apr 19, 2008
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In music — and sometimes in life in general — a note can soar higher than a word.

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The Week in Review Quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2008, 5:40 PM Apr 18, 2008
9

There’s no crying allowed when taking the News Cut Quiz.

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The ‘more to the story’ story

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2008, 3:24 PM Apr 18, 2008
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Why it’s a good idea to tell the ‘whole story.’

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The patriarch of International Falls

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2008, 12:46 PM Apr 18, 2008

John Bartkowski, 1914-2008.

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Political ads: You can’t escape

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2008, 12:37 PM Apr 18, 2008
8

Coming to a gas pump near you.

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