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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.

End of the line for Favre

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2010, 4:58 PM Feb 11, 2010
3

A message on the quarterback’s Web site sounds like the beginning of the long goodbye.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 2/11/10

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2010, 4:46 PM Feb 11, 2010

No waiting for President Clinton, rescuing the stranded motorists of Maryland, the State of the State, and the pressing question of the day: Is ‘clear’ a color?

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Should the cigarette tax be raised in Minnesota?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2010, 2:47 PM Feb 11, 2010
12

If everyone quit smoking, could the state afford it?

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Is Minnesota’s tax structure costing jobs?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2010, 11:36 AM Feb 11, 2010
22

In his State of the State address, Gov. Pawlenty said taxes are killing jobs. Where’s the proof?

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/11/10: Dylan and Baez

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2010, 7:17 AM Feb 11, 2010
4

Back when it was 1968, did you imagine Bob Dylan and Joan Baez playing a gig at the White House?

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‘Desperate for insurance’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 4:28 PM Feb 10, 2010
3

It takes a lot of guts for someone to get up in front of a roomful of reporters and tell the world you got taken in an apparent scam.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 2/10/10

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 4:20 PM Feb 10, 2010

There’s very little about Lindsey Vonn on today’s chat. But if there were, it would be this question: Can you be overexposed before you’re exposed?

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Tales from the side of the road

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 3:29 PM Feb 10, 2010
3

What’s your plan for dealing with reduced parking in Minneapolis?

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Your message here

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 1:25 PM Feb 10, 2010
5

Design your own billboard message.

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Surveys and trivia

Sleeping in airports

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 12:36 PM Feb 10, 2010
1

Minneapolis St. Paul has been selected as the 5th-best airport in the country to sleep in.

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9/11 images

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 11:43 AM Feb 10, 2010
4

No matter what common sense tells me, whenever I see a TV documentary or pictures of the early moments of 9/11, I always hope maybe this time the outcome will be different.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/10/10: Where’s your global warming?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 6:52 AM Feb 10, 2010
6

The warmer, the snowier; the dangers of flying cheap; Phil Harris dies; what would make you give a kidney to a stranger; and the perfect house for growing pot.

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Weather

Golden Snowball Challenge: Maitland, Huttner with the win

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2010, 5:27 PM Feb 9, 2010
4

With weeks to go before the end of the season, it’s anybody’s winter.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 2/9/10

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2010, 4:36 PM Feb 9, 2010

More faulty Toyotas, how to get an electronic monitoring bracelet off your ankle, and why are we still having the same, old political arguments?

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Tim Pawlenty’s XFL moment

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2010, 1:16 PM Feb 9, 2010
22

Should a governor have two jobs at once. The current governor once said ‘no.’

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