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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2008

Regional history

The Women of World War II: Two Harbors’ vets

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 6:33 PM Apr 30, 2008
4

Part two of a series.

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A day in the life of Minnesota?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 4:15 PM Apr 30, 2008
3

Could we organize enough amateur photographers to create a scrapbook of who we are?

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Surveys and trivia

Your happiness/health index

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 7:25 AM Apr 30, 2008
2

We’re suffering. We’re struggling. But are we happy?

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Fielders hit a home run

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2008, 6:42 AM Apr 30, 2008

Sportsmanship makes a comeback at a softball game.

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Live-blogging: The Youth Caucus

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 5:47 PM Apr 29, 2008
4

Why do kids care about community/civic life? Why should they?

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The death of Chris Jenkins

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 3:12 PM Apr 29, 2008
3

Sweeps month in local TV leads to a conspiracy theory in a local death, and a statement from police that says, ‘prove it.’

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Sex education in Minnesota schools

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 2:39 PM Apr 29, 2008
8

The Legislature has passed a requirement for sex education in Minnesota schools. Who’ll make the curriculum?

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Ethanol gets high marks

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 1:34 PM Apr 29, 2008
4

Survey shows high regard for ethanol and corn farmers.

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A cure for jet fuel blues?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 12:49 PM Apr 29, 2008
2

‘Plasma gasification’ may create jet fuel from garbage.

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More retro police cruisers

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 11:27 AM Apr 29, 2008
6

The ’70s are back!

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Blogging President Bush’s news conference

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 9:44 AM Apr 29, 2008
15

Energy was the main theme of today’s news conference.

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The Youth Caucus

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2008, 6:01 AM Apr 29, 2008

Why do kids care about community and civic life?

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Who can figure airline pricing methods?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2008, 6:27 PM Apr 28, 2008
4

Despite a steady stream of announced fare increases, some airline fares are going down.

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Video game – violence link debunked

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2008, 4:17 PM Apr 28, 2008
15

On the even of the release of what some say is the finest video game ever, the link to violence is debunked.

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Anti gas-tax ads released

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2008, 4:14 PM Apr 28, 2008
4

The Republicans unleashed a round of gas tax ads against DFLers today.

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