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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.

Civics lesson

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2008, 5:02 PM Apr 14, 2008
1

If you’ve got $15 burning a hole in your pocket, you can celebrate your civic pride during the GOP convention.

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End of the dancing tractors

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2008, 4:12 PM Apr 14, 2008
2

What’s this world coming to when you can’t go square-dancing on your tractor anymore?

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The cost of the high copay

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2008, 4:03 PM Apr 14, 2008
1

Are you faced with prescription copays costing thousands of dollars? If so, we want to hear from you.

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The ethanol tax

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2008, 1:52 PM Apr 14, 2008
57

Is ethanol costing the average driver more than regular gas?

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Counting the tax opposition

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2008, 8:25 AM Apr 14, 2008
13

Were there more people at Saturday’s anti-tax rally than the media reported? Probably not.

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Regional history

Stockyards in the suburbs

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2008, 7:19 AM Apr 14, 2008

South St. Paul gets some national attention for what it no longer has.

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Weather

Lukewarm on the weatherman

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 13, 2008, 10:19 AM Apr 13, 2008

Wondering what the future is of Paul Douglas? Keep wondering.

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The Governor’s Coin?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 12, 2008, 4:51 PM Apr 12, 2008
10

Gov. Pawlenty presented The Governor’s Coin to a soldier in Kosovo this weekend, the first we’ve heard of the existence of such a coin.

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The Week-in-Review Quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2008, 4:49 PM Apr 11, 2008
12

If you paid attention to the news this week, give it a try.

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All’s quiet at Media News

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

The parent of the Pioneer Press stops making financial records public.

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Every picture tells a story

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2008, 3:15 PM Apr 11, 2008

Photos of some soldiers tell us more than others.

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Cheney’s sunglasses mystery

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2008, 1:09 PM Apr 11, 2008
1

It’s not every day that people confuse a naked woman with a fishing rod.

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Secrets of the flame

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2008, 11:53 AM Apr 11, 2008

A Twin Citian was once responsible for part of the Olympic torch relay.

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Your financial story

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2008, 9:07 AM Apr 11, 2008
28

Join News Cut for a live-blogging discussion surrounding Midmorning’s show on personal finances.

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Weather

Surf’s up

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 10, 2008, 10:31 PM Apr 10, 2008

Are there other places — besides Minnesota — where people go surfing in a blizzard?

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