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Exit the light bulb

Bob Collins August 31, 2009, 4:32 PM Aug 31, 2009

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Europe bans the incandescent light bulb starting Tuesday.

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Wildfires on film

Bob Collins August 31, 2009, 2:02 PM Aug 31, 2009

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California is where disaster and art always seems to intersect.

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Comics make strange bedfellows

Bob Collins August 31, 2009, 1:12 PM Aug 31, 2009

Can M.O.D.O.K. and the Mouse co-exist?

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Scammers plague Wisconsin child care program

Bob Collins August 31, 2009, 11:55 AM Aug 31, 2009

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A Wisconsin program to help low-income people with child care is making some people rich.

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The new economic indicators

Bob Collins August 31, 2009, 11:51 AM Aug 31, 2009

The economy is turning around. Men are buying underwear again.

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Five at 8 – 8/31/09: Is it safe to answer the phone now?

Bob Collins August 31, 2009, 7:28 AM Aug 31, 2009

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The crackdown on robocalls, the odds of the GOP taking over the Minnesota House, the foreclosure judge, no beer at the ballpark, and the limits of our ability to waste time.

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Death of an artist

Bob Collins August 30, 2009, 5:13 PM Aug 30, 2009

You may not know Joe Williams by name, but you may be familiar with some of his work.

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The moss solution

Bob Collins August 30, 2009, 9:48 AM Aug 30, 2009

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Can moss be a substitute for chlorine? St. Paul thinks so.

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A bank goes belly-up

Bob Collins August 29, 2009, 9:01 AM Aug 29, 2009

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There was only a slight hint of tension on Saturday at the Woodbury branch of a failed bank.

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Iraqi Bundles of Love

Bob Collins August 28, 2009, 2:03 PM Aug 28, 2009

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A soldier’s call to leave something useful behind in Iraq gets answered by quilters.

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The State Fair in 25 seconds

Bob Collins August 28, 2009, 2:00 PM Aug 28, 2009

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Cash for Appliances?

Bob Collins August 28, 2009, 10:50 AM Aug 28, 2009

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A rebate program to buy new appliances has little support, a new poll says.

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Five at 8 – 8/28/09: Seeing red

Bob Collins August 28, 2009, 7:22 AM Aug 28, 2009

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Why you see red, should we be nosier neighbors, why can’t Iowa get the Katrina treatment, the end of Reading Rainbow, and when obscenity is art… or not.

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