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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.

The car that flies

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 1:43 PM Jul 2, 2012

The Terrafugia is the closest anyone has come to marketing the car/plane.

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Surveys and trivia

The July 4th spending spree

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 1:03 PM Jul 2, 2012
14

Dear American Business: Why does it always have to be about you?

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Lunch break with the orchestra

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 12:06 PM Jul 2, 2012
3

This is actually produced by a bank, but it serves as a good suggestion to any Twin Cities-based orchestras that might want to gin up a little interest some lunch hour.

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Colorado fires from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 10:45 AM Jul 2, 2012
1

Unseen from space, however, is the breathtaking randomness of what burned and what didn’t.

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Five by 8

Billboard backlash (5×8 – 7/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 7:10 AM Jul 2, 2012
13

Another look at the Un-Fair campaign, a quick jog around the world, the flood runner of Duluth, are family vacations worth it, the end of the AC throttle.

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Taking advantage of a flood

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 3:42 PM Jun 28, 2012
4

Which is worse: A flood, or the people who take advantage of a flood?

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1,000 Words: The wildfire

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 1:40 PM Jun 28, 2012

Some homes survived in Colorado; some didn’t.

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Can cities and suburbs ever get along?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 1:12 PM Jun 28, 2012
7

Now that we’ve settled the health care issue, we can turn to the war between people who live in the ‘burbs vs. those who live in the city.

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Blog housekeeping

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 1:00 PM Jun 28, 2012
7

Of late, however, I’ve noticed a general decline in some of the value and this usually goes hand in hand with people using fake names and fake e-mail addresses.

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Defaced anti-racism billboard quickly replaced

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 11:04 AM Jun 28, 2012
10

Someone had spraypainted ‘ No Naggers’ over the billboard, and painted a confederate flag.

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A listen back on the health care arguments

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 10:47 AM Jun 28, 2012
2

Today’s ruling is based on 85 of some of the most important minutes in U.S. history.

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The wildfire

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 10:27 AM Jun 28, 2012

About 300 homes, all within the Colorado Springs city limits, have been reduced to rubble from the wildfire coming down the mountains.

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Ann Curry v. health care

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 10:12 AM Jun 28, 2012
1

At least on Twitter, Minneapolitans are more interested in Ann Curry than the Supreme Court decision on health care.

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Five by 8

The ‘why’ of Duluth (5×8 – 6/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 7:02 AM Jun 28, 2012
11

Civil engineering – Duluth style, and old man behind the most popular blog today, who is ‘Catholic,’ hot enough for you, and rock paper robot.

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Life with Google Glass

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2012, 2:43 PM Jun 27, 2012
6

A solution to a problem? Or a solution searching for a problem?

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