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Archives for February 2010

Five at 8 – 2/12/10: The best presidential moments

Bob Collins February 15, 2010, 7:01 AM Feb 15, 2010

7

One man’s vote for the five most memorable moments in recent presidential history.

Surveys and trivia

The lure of the trivial

Bob Collins February 13, 2010, 11:12 AM Feb 13, 2010

2

Efforts to gauge reader interest by the most-emailed feature of Web sites are doomed to failure.

Suggestive selling

Bob Collins February 13, 2010, 10:17 AM Feb 13, 2010

What if sexual innuendo takes hold in Northfield retail advertising?

Regional history

Carl Larson, 1914-2010

Bob Collins February 12, 2010, 5:06 PM Feb 12, 2010

2

Both brothers, considered living history in northwest Minnesota, have died within the last three months.

Fresh Eye on the Radio: No fun at the Olympics

Bob Collins February 12, 2010, 4:36 PM Feb 12, 2010

2

Complaints about practice time in Vancouver were overshadowed by comedy.

One picture

Bob Collins February 12, 2010, 2:53 PM Feb 12, 2010

The world’s best photojournalism.

Following athletes who are ‘one of us’

Bob Collins February 12, 2010, 1:18 PM Feb 12, 2010

4

Who qualifies as local athletes at the Olympics?

Airline report card

Bob Collins February 12, 2010, 11:31 AM Feb 12, 2010

Examining the government’s report on what it’s like to fly.

Five at 8 – 2/12/10: At a ‘glacial’ pace

Bob Collins February 12, 2010, 7:15 AM Feb 12, 2010

Is ‘grammar change’ real, peeking in the windows of Baldwin Township, how do actors learn their lines, the WiFi bus, and what happens when you ask a politician for specifics?

End of the line for Favre

Bob Collins February 11, 2010, 4:58 PM Feb 11, 2010

3

A message on the quarterback’s Web site sounds like the beginning of the long goodbye.

Fresh Eye on the Radio – 2/11/10

Bob Collins February 11, 2010, 4:46 PM Feb 11, 2010

No waiting for President Clinton, rescuing the stranded motorists of Maryland, the State of the State, and the pressing question of the day: Is ‘clear’ a color?

Should the cigarette tax be raised in Minnesota?

Bob Collins February 11, 2010, 2:47 PM Feb 11, 2010

12

If everyone quit smoking, could the state afford it?

Is Minnesota’s tax structure costing jobs?

Bob Collins February 11, 2010, 11:36 AM Feb 11, 2010

22

In his State of the State address, Gov. Pawlenty said taxes are killing jobs. Where’s the proof?

Five at 8 – 2/11/10: Dylan and Baez

Bob Collins February 11, 2010, 7:17 AM Feb 11, 2010

4

Back when it was 1968, did you imagine Bob Dylan and Joan Baez playing a gig at the White House?

‘Desperate for insurance’

Bob Collins February 10, 2010, 4:28 PM Feb 10, 2010

3

It takes a lot of guts for someone to get up in front of a roomful of reporters and tell the world you got taken in an apparent scam.