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Archives for April 2009

If David Sedaris delivered pizza

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2009, 1:15 PM Apr 17, 2009
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A YouTube parody for the public radio fan.

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Zero tolerance?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2009, 1:01 PM Apr 17, 2009
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When it is OK to strip search a 13 year old girl?

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The art of the ‘obscenely cool’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2009, 12:34 PM Apr 17, 2009

A public viewing of a Rube Goldberg winner.

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Five at 8 – 4/17/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2009, 7:56 AM Apr 17, 2009
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High school hazing, fat airline passengers, funny law students, 50 years of bad grammar advice, and the tragedy of time.

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History is history

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 3:26 PM Apr 16, 2009
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The Minnesota Historical Society is announcing huge cuts.

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How others see us

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 12:40 PM Apr 16, 2009
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Europe checks in on the Coleman-Franken race.

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Heads-will-roll season

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 12:21 PM Apr 16, 2009

The Minnesota Wild have fired the only general manager they’ve ever had.

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Another shoe drops

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 11:58 AM Apr 16, 2009

Today marked the biggest real estate bankruptcy filing ever in the United States.

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Long bombs

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 10:48 AM Apr 16, 2009

Americans are more optimistic about the short term than the long term.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Getting ‘less tough on crime?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 8:56 AM Apr 16, 2009
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Is it time to take another look at prison sentences?

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Five at 8 – 4/16/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2009, 7:18 AM Apr 16, 2009
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Disappearing Minnesota jobs, bailout money in flyover country, the voice of Jimmy Doolittle, a musical trip inside the brain, and a Vatican rejection.

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Are Somalis interested in the American culture?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2009, 2:16 PM Apr 15, 2009
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What does it mean to be a citizen?

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The lure of long distance

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2009, 1:08 PM Apr 15, 2009
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Why do people run marathons?

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Is it art?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2009, 10:58 AM Apr 15, 2009
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If you create an online symphony orchestra out of hundreds of individual videos of people playing their notes by themselves somewhere else, is it really an orchestra?

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Five at 8 – 4/15/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2009, 7:51 AM Apr 15, 2009
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Your passion or your life, a world without sex, Webbys, tea bags, and fusion. All in one place.

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