MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for November 2009

Fresh Eye on the Radio: On the Tiger beat

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 5:01 PM Nov 30, 2009

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Some people have been waiting for a chance to shove Tiger Woods off his pedestal.

On Tiger

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 3:28 PM Nov 30, 2009

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Why is Tiger Woods’ marriage our business?

Live-blog: The health care debate

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 2:58 PM Nov 30, 2009

The Senate debate is underway.

Food stamps in black and white

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 12:05 PM Nov 30, 2009

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An analysis of the increased use of food stamps failed to point out the large number of Native Americans in the Upper Midwest who are on assistance.

Who’s got the vaccine?

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 11:29 AM Nov 30, 2009

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It’s clear that the online resources for finding H1N1 vaccine are of no use.

Live-blogging Midmorning: Going by air

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 9:59 AM Nov 30, 2009

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Time so spare? Go by air!

Five at 8 – 11/30/09: Painful memories

Bob Collins November 30, 2009, 7:15 AM Nov 30, 2009

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Remembering Jerry Haaf, how men and women respond to danger, blood as an economic indicator, the anti-Tiger, and a good dog story to cure the ills.

Embracing Winter: The fish house parade

Bob Collins November 29, 2009, 9:29 AM Nov 29, 2009

Seasons from a season.

Commuting horror stories

Bob Collins November 29, 2009, 9:11 AM Nov 29, 2009

What does our style of driving tell us about ourselves?

Flight 188: What the tapes tell us

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 10:00 PM Nov 27, 2009

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The FAA releases tapes between controllers and pilots who say they were too distracted to land their jet in Minneapolis.

Reality fallout

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 5:48 PM Nov 27, 2009

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The White House admits the people who crashed the state dinner did meet President Obama.

Shuttle landings made easy

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 9:40 AM Nov 27, 2009

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Few technological contraptions can be as breathtaking as a shuttle landing.

Apples-to-oranges polling

Bob Collins November 27, 2009, 7:49 AM Nov 27, 2009

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Why do two polls with the same apparent question yield different results?

Thanks

Than Tibbetts November 25, 2009, 9:52 AM Nov 25, 2009

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Instead of ‘what’, I want to know ‘who’ you are thankful for.

Twin Cities terror indictments

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 5:08 PM Nov 24, 2009

Yesterday’s news that eight people would be charged in connection with the disappearance of young Somali men from the Twin Cities put the long-running story back in the national spotlight.