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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2010

Embracing winter: One last day

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2010, 2:30 PM Feb 28, 2010

Ice-house neighborhoods disappear in Minnesota.

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Lifeline to summer

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2010, 8:04 AM Feb 28, 2010

No matter how hard we try to embrace winter, it overstays its welcome around March.

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The Quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2010, 2:20 PM Feb 26, 2010
14 Comments

What a week! Do you remember any of it?

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Hockey the way it used to be

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2010, 12:26 PM Feb 26, 2010

A reminder of how much the sport has changed.

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You’re the principal

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2010, 11:09 AM Feb 26, 2010
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What do you do with a kid with a toy gun?

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/26/10: On class and grace

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2010, 7:25 AM Feb 26, 2010
11 Comments

Losing a game and winning hearts, taking suicide seriously, group therapy for back pain, the health care summit, and Conan O’Brien loses to a cat.

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Health care and homelessness

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2010, 3:17 PM Feb 25, 2010
35 Comments

When it comes to real people and health care, the clock ticks while the politicians talk.

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Soichi Noguchi’s world

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2010, 11:45 AM Feb 25, 2010

An astronaut is literally taking social networking to new heights.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/25/10: The mystery of Minneapolis’ parking rules

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2010, 7:30 AM Feb 25, 2010
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Are tickets issued before no-parking signs go up; heart attacks and layoffs; Dale’s humble pie recipe; and parents and youth sports… again.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: The killer whale

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2010, 5:02 PM Feb 24, 2010

Reigniting the debate over whether we should be forcing wild animals to entertain us.

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Goodbye, weiner winners

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2010, 2:32 PM Feb 24, 2010
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You’ll never hear the Hormel jingle at Twins games again.

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After ELCA

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2010, 12:48 PM Feb 24, 2010
5 Comments

The split over gay clergy in the Lutheran church widens.

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Why aren’t people buying new homes?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2010, 11:24 AM Feb 24, 2010
5 Comments

Maybe economic reports are telling us we’ve learned to be happy with what we’ve got.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/24/10: Confident, connected, and open to change

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2010, 7:23 AM Feb 24, 2010
7 Comments

Eye on the Millenials, the casket depression, why kids getting shot in school isn’t news anymore, women on the sub, and a goodbye to Herbie.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: A doctor’s lot

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 23, 2010, 5:07 PM Feb 23, 2010

One of the worst jobs, apparently, is being a doctor. Just ask doctors.

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