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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2008

The “g” word

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 23, 2008, 9:09 AM Jul 23, 2008
66

Is John McCain a racist for using an unacceptable term to refer to his North Vietnamese prison guards?

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Unclear on the concept: Mass transit version

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 23, 2008, 7:57 AM Jul 23, 2008
4

A new tool Metro Transit is touting for bus riders shows just how poor mass transit service can be for a significant number of commuters.

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Minnesota Orchestra pulls plug on last concert

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 3:22 PM Jul 22, 2008
7

The Orchestra cites a ‘difficult economic climate’ for canceling its last performance at the Lake Harriet Band Shell.

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Airline merger math

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 1:44 PM Jul 22, 2008

Northwest and Delta officials say the merger of the two airlines will save $2 billion between now and 2012. The two airlines lost five times that much in just the first three months of this year.

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Hall of Fame broadcast inductees

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 12:38 PM Jul 22, 2008
1

The Museum of Broadcasting today announced the 2008 inductees into its Hall of Fame.

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Ford’s vision

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 10:43 AM Jul 22, 2008
3

Ford is planning to convert three truck assembly plants in the U.S. to small automobile manufacturing. Will that affect St. Paul’s doomed plant?

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Signs you’re going to be late for work

Tim NelsonTim Nelson July 22, 2008, 9:58 AM Jul 22, 2008
2

The new express bus to Los Angeles was sitting in traffic on Interstate 94 this morning.

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Casino bridge collapses

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 8:51 AM Jul 22, 2008
1

Do boarding ramps to floating casinos have gusset plates?

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Mississippi passage

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 7:59 AM Jul 22, 2008
1

Ten Minnesota kids are going to paddle down the Mississippi in the boats they built.

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Your bus-riding stories

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 7:11 AM Jul 22, 2008
10

Some 90 percent of bus riders in the Twin Cities say they’re happy with the service they get from the bus drivers here. But you can’t do a news story about that.

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J.W.’s odyssey

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2008, 8:59 PM Jul 21, 2008
1

A Florida pilot honors his friend by flying a homebuilt airplane to all 48 continental U.S. states.

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Credentials

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2008, 4:02 PM Jul 21, 2008

Now that the Xcel Energy Center is in the hands of the Republican Party, you’ll need credentials to get around.

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Fear and loathing in America’s newsrooms

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2008, 8:54 AM Jul 21, 2008
14

Rasmussen has released a series of polls today purporting to show the media are biased.

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Garden flowers, taxes, baggy pants and the things we hold dear

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2008, 8:43 PM Jul 20, 2008

An orbit around Planet News.

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Discovering China

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2008, 10:24 AM Jul 20, 2008
4

As much as we think we may know about China, the next month is likely to reveal more than we’d imagined.

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