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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Sports

What do you get a millionaire son for his birthday? The same thing you got him when he was broke

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 2:28 PM May 28, 2019
1

It’s hard to buy just the right birthday present for your kids when they become adults. Better just to slip a few bucks in a card and let them shop for themselves. Classic.
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This or That

A planet of pigs

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 12:55 PM May 28, 2019
27

There’s no getting around it: As a species, we’re pigs. Read more →

Politics · Sports

Baseball team runs right-wing propaganda video in Memorial Day salute

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 10:06 AM May 28, 2019

The Fresno Grizzlies put the ‘minor league’ in the minor leagues.
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Weather

NewsCut Flashback: A tornado’s connections

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 10:02 AM May 28, 2019
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Though I’ve been in the news business for over 35 years, the connections and coincidences in the news — especially in times of turmoil — never fail to amaze me.
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Arts & Culture · Crime and Justice

Victim of alleged abuse calls for boycott against Children’s Theatre Company

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 8:35 AM May 28, 2019
28

The Children’s Theatre Company, which prevailed in a lawsuit over the abuse of child actors, has lost the public relations war.
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This or That

Ad: When a man taught his son how to shave

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 7:15 AM May 28, 2019
3

Be nice to a snowflake today. Gillette is out with another ad that attempts to redefine masculinity Read more →

What’s on MPR News – 5/28/19

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 5:57 AM May 28, 2019
2

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

NewsCut Flashback: I found an old friend today, only to learn he’s dying

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2019, 6:47 AM May 26, 2019
2

Perhaps this is a condition of the aged, but I suspect people of a certain age tend to struggle trying to mute an inner voice when reading column’s like Patrick Reusse’s tribute to a sportswriter in Sunday’s Star Tribune. The voice that asks, “when I’m gone, will anyone remember that I was here?” Read more →

Sports

At the baseball stadiums, patriotism is always on sale

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 3:50 PM May 24, 2019
6

It’s Memorial Day weekend, the annual tradition in which sports teams and businesses can cash in on the sacrifice of soldiers.
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People doing good · Sports

Woman delays surgery so she can watch the Stanley Cup playoffs

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 1:41 PM May 24, 2019
2

Shannon McCarthy’s family and friends aren’t too proud to beg.
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Sports · This or That

Milwaukee playoff game turns into battle of beer-drinking bros

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 12:40 PM May 24, 2019
17

Last night’s playoff game in Milwaukee — the Bucks lost to Toronto — provided the quintessential Wisconsin moment: the city’s alpha male sports stars chugging beer. Read more →

The jobs we do

A postman retired and a neighborhood wouldn’t let him go without some hugs

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 10:24 AM May 24, 2019
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Back in the day, the people who delivered the mail were part of the glue of a neighborhood. In Georgia, one ‘postman’ found out just how much the people on his route appreciated him. Read more →

War

1,000 Words: The faces of D-Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 8:36 AM May 24, 2019
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The Associated Press invited us to pause and reflect on the past by taking another long look at the present: images of the men who are still able to return to Europe for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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Arts & Culture

Duluth competition flagged for plagiarism

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 7:16 AM May 24, 2019
18

Duluth’s competition for a new city flag is turning nasty.
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What’s on MPR News – 5/24/19

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 6:00 AM May 24, 2019
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Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

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