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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2008

Second banana St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2008, 9:38 AM Jul 20, 2008

As the Republican National Convention nears, you can feel some growing frustration that St. Paul is playing second fiddle.

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Send your weather photos

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2008, 4:06 PM Jul 19, 2008
1

Let’s see what you’ve got from the storms that have rolled through this weekend.

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Return to Rushford

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2008, 7:40 PM Jul 18, 2008

A year after a flash flood nearly wiped out the community, the money is starting to run out and the volunteers are few.

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Starbuck’s closings

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2008, 2:24 PM Jul 18, 2008
9

The company releases the official list of stores to be closed. Drink up.

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The Week in Review Quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2008, 4:00 AM Jul 18, 2008
8

You don’t know how many Minnesota Vikings fans it takes to pay for the new submarine named after Minnesota? You need to read News Cut more often, then.

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Fun with numbers: The unemployment rate

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2008, 1:48 PM Jul 17, 2008
20

Are things really as bad as the news makes us think they are?

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Weather

Remember Rushford?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2008, 11:33 AM Jul 17, 2008
2

While most of the attention focuses on the anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse, southeast Minnesota marks last year’s flash flood tragedy by carrying on and cleaning up.

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On the road

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2008, 5:48 AM Jul 17, 2008

What’s interesting in your life or in your town?

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What’s our culture?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2008, 2:46 PM Jul 16, 2008
3

The world takes a look at … us.

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Air security for Twin Cities

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2008, 11:59 AM Jul 16, 2008
1

If you think you’ve heard details of a TV ‘investigation’ into the flying restrictions during the Republican National Convention before, it’s only because you have.

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It’s 1982!

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2008, 10:48 AM Jul 16, 2008
18

Consumer prices rose faster last month that at any time since 1982. Those were the days.

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Helicopter door found

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2008, 10:47 AM Jul 16, 2008
6

The door was found in near Afton Road in Maplewood.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Your travel-by-air stories

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2008, 6:40 AM Jul 16, 2008
36

If there’s a “tipping point” for gas prices (the price at which you change your driving habits), is there a “tipping point” for flying on an airline? If so, what is it?

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The thin blue line (Part II)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 15, 2008, 5:09 PM Jul 15, 2008
2

Nuggets from the arraignment of a Minneapolis cop charged with corruption.

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Slugs in training

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 15, 2008, 4:03 PM Jul 15, 2008

While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise

most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.

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