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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2009

Test score headlines

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2009, 11:55 AM Jun 5, 2009
6

Some of the high school test scores aren’t much to write home about.

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Riding the rails

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2009, 11:17 AM Jun 5, 2009
3

One of the reasons I don’t mind getting stuck at railroad crossings is it helps remind me that the economy isn’t completely stuck.

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Still sinking

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2009, 8:28 AM Jun 5, 2009
10

The worse the economy does, the better Wal-Mart seems to do.

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Five at 8 – 6/5/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2009, 7:55 AM Jun 5, 2009
3

Graduation stories, Pawlenty’s chances, the earth from above, the signs around us and what happens when you tickle an ape.

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Emerald ash borer traps come to Minneapolis, St. Paul

kenpaulman June 4, 2009, 2:21 PM Jun 4, 2009
6

Ramsey & Hennepin County residents may discover emerald ash borer traps in their neighborhood trees.

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What do you know about scat?

bingrassia June 4, 2009, 12:47 PM Jun 4, 2009
2

The Minnesota Zoo has an online quiz where you can test your knowledge of … poop. I have nothing else to say.

Bankruptcy in statistics and stories

kenpaulman June 4, 2009, 10:32 AM Jun 4, 2009
2

Personal bankruptcy is up. Did you get a fresh start? What should – or shouldn’t – be part of the bankruptcy experience?

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Five at 8: 6/4/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2009, 7:47 AM Jun 4, 2009
5

Reaction to the Obama speech, carrying guns in church, barge living is the life for me, gaming the college ranking surveys, and how Neil Armstrong blew his line.

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No secrets here

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2009, 3:26 PM Jun 3, 2009
1

There’s no mention of any Minnesota sites — at least by name — in the “highly confidential” list of civilian nuclear sites and programs that was accidentally posted on the Internet this week.

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The same old

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2009, 12:41 PM Jun 3, 2009
5

Why does the media turn to the same economists who’ve been so wrong before, thinking they’ll be correct now?

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Bird sense

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2009, 12:35 PM Jun 3, 2009
3

City birds don’t understand rural birds, researchers say.

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Five at 8 – 6/3/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2009, 7:35 AM Jun 3, 2009

Calculating retirement, what happened to the Air France jet, Obama and the Muslim world, Tiananmen Square 20 years later, and studying gays.

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The domain game

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2009, 4:36 PM Jun 2, 2009
2

Some prominent Republican names are behind Web site domains for governor. But that doesn’t mean they’re running.

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On Pawlenty’s future

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2009, 10:48 AM Jun 2, 2009
17

Tim Pawlenty is holding a 2 p.m. news conference ‘regarding his future plans,’ which gives us a little more time to engage in the national pastime for political types who have nothing else to write about: Tim Pawlenty’s future plans.

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More newspapers try to be TV stations

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2009, 4:03 PM Jun 1, 2009
4

Two newspapers take two different approaches to video online.

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