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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2009

On August

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2009, 7:33 AM Aug 23, 2009

Wanted: Your photos that scream ‘August!’.

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Weather

Left out in the warm

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2009, 9:02 AM Aug 22, 2009
2

Minnesota has a right to feel left out of the nationwide hype that surrounds a hurricane.

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Mesaba faulted in stranding of ExpressJet passengers

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2009, 11:20 AM Aug 21, 2009
21

The Department of Transportation says a Mesaba Airlines crew refused requests of the ExpressJet captain to allow stranded passengers in Rochester to get off the plane.

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The lure of Friday night

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2009, 10:15 AM Aug 21, 2009
6

NPR begins a project on the culture of Friday Night football.

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Five a 8 – 8/21/09: Disagreeing with ourselves

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2009, 7:23 AM Aug 21, 2009
14

When government is involved in your discussion with your doctor, the gender mystery in women’s track, where did Bob Dylan get that accent, the ELCA vote, and is your car messing up a frog’s sex life?

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Getting away with murder?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2009, 5:52 PM Aug 20, 2009
4

The Lockerbie bomber looked sick leaving Scotland and sprightly arriving in Libya.

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Who gets the flu vaccine first?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2009, 4:14 PM Aug 20, 2009
4

Should it be people most likely to die from the illness or the people most likely to spread it?

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The God-tornado storm

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2009, 1:01 PM Aug 20, 2009
38

A storm of a different sort is brewing over the timing of a tornado in Minneapolis.

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The last days of Ted Kennedy

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2009, 11:12 AM Aug 20, 2009
4

If missing his sister’s funeral wasn’t an indication enough that Sen. Ted Kennedy’s brain tumor is about to claim his life, today’s letter to Massachusetts state officials is.

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Unemployment bright spot

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2009, 8:45 AM Aug 20, 2009

The state unemployment rate fell in July, but there are 100,000 more people without jobs now than a year ago.

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Five at 8 – 8/20/09: How to clean up after a tornado

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 20, 2009, 7:03 AM Aug 20, 2009
4

What do you do with all those branches, fear of dying and the health care plan, the art of delivering bad news, the official kilogram, Michele Bachmann’s TV schedule.

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Storm video: Cars driving through flooded streets

bingrassia August 19, 2009, 3:38 PM Aug 19, 2009
13

Driving through standing water is a bad idea. But that didn’t stop these drivers in Minneapolis.

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Moments

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 19, 2009, 12:09 PM Aug 19, 2009
10

If you could add a second-long image from your life to this viral video, what would it be?

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The context of test scores

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 19, 2009, 11:54 AM Aug 19, 2009
4

How does today’s report on ACT test scores compare with other tests from Minnesota kids?

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Don Hewitt, 1922-2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 19, 2009, 10:41 AM Aug 19, 2009
1

Don Hewitt, best known for creating “60 Minutes” has died, according to CBS News.

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