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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for November 2008

Don’t ask, don’t tell

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 1:48 PM Nov 24, 2008
6

What’s the future of the controversial policy on gays in the military?

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How MPR found the ‘Lizard Person’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 12:24 PM Nov 24, 2008
6

The story behind the story is nowhere near as gripping as the story itself.

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Hanging in with retirement plans

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 11:59 AM Nov 24, 2008
3

A survey shows most Americans are still contributing to retirement plans.

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Imponderables: Celebrating the Metrodome

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 11:43 AM Nov 24, 2008
8

If the Metrodome was so bad for baseball, why are the Twins planning a year-long celebration of it?

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Live-blogging Obama’s economy news conference

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 11:00 AM Nov 24, 2008

The president-elect unveils his economic team and plans for kick-starting a bad economy

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The state’s budget deficit

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 10:59 AM Nov 24, 2008

One budget expert’s solution to a looming $4 billion budget deficit.

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The Citi deal

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2008, 9:49 AM Nov 24, 2008
5

The government is back to buying up bad mortgages.

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The economy is driving the train

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 23, 2008, 3:15 PM Nov 23, 2008
6

The worsening economy is wiping out campaign promises.

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Wait a minute!

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 23, 2008, 10:08 AM Nov 23, 2008

Three different perspectives on the economy that gives one pause.

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The Lizard People ballot solved

Than Tibbetts November 21, 2008, 5:43 PM Nov 21, 2008
21

A document from the Secretary of State gives us some guidance, and an answer to the Lizard People ballot.

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The Bachmen vs. Lizard People

Than Tibbetts November 21, 2008, 10:06 AM Nov 21, 2008
29

Applying the law to a couple of (now famous) challenged ballots.

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Minnesota recount: What do the ballots tell us?

smullis November 20, 2008, 4:00 PM Nov 20, 2008
169

Do the challenged ballots make the case for electronic voting?

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Expensive campfires

Than Tibbetts November 20, 2008, 12:31 PM Nov 20, 2008
2

A homeless man in California is fined $101 million for setting fires. What will we get back for the ’07 Ham Lake fire?

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Revis(it)ing history

Than Tibbetts November 20, 2008, 9:15 AM Nov 20, 2008
12

Bachmann says her “anti-American” comments are an “urban legend.”

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What we’re dealing with here

Than Tibbetts November 19, 2008, 5:17 PM Nov 19, 2008
85

What happens when voters miss the mark, or write in “Lizard People”?

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