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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2010

State worker union pushes back

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2010, 11:17 AM Jun 23, 2010
6

MAPE unveils a series of radio ads designed, essentially, to counter the assertion that government is a bad thing.

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Gen. McChrystal and the racing pierogi

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2010, 10:40 AM Jun 23, 2010
1

Rolling Stone has now posted the article that got Gen. Stanley McChrystal fired — or not — on its Web site.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/23/10: Knowledge, passion, and fun

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2010, 7:46 AM Jun 23, 2010
2

Comparing your kids with China’s, should pols be voting themselves pay raises, the BWCA under assault from above and below, a good duck story, and in defense of a state rep on the Iron Range.

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The lessons of disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 4:45 PM Jun 22, 2010
4

There are a few sensational paragraphs of copy in the decision of U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman’s order today lifting the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Population by the numbers

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 1:17 PM Jun 22, 2010
3

While the population of the Twin Cities stagnates, Rochester is growing rapidly.

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Surveys and trivia

Unicorns 1 Hogs 0

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 12:34 PM Jun 22, 2010
1

When it comes to battling the unicorn meat industry, the National Pork Board is all business.

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If a bear dies in the woods…

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 11:55 AM Jun 22, 2010
2

Can a Minnesotan keep it?

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The chain of command

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 11:03 AM Jun 22, 2010

The wars in the Middle East have claimed a fair number of military careers.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/22/10: Fear and loathing in Fremont, Nebraska

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 7:35 AM Jun 22, 2010
1

A town at war with itself over Hispanics, the mystery of the tornado video revealed, oil spills are good for comedy, joy and tears at Grandma’s Marathon, and a winner in the National Hollerin’ Contest.

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Music of the sun

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 4:35 PM Jun 21, 2010
1

What would it sound like if you could stand in the corona of the sun?

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Surveys and trivia

Call for entries: What’s the story?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 2:13 PM Jun 21, 2010
1

Your summer challenge: Find images in your day that scream ‘what’s the story here?’

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How to recover from a disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 12:05 PM Jun 21, 2010
1

MPR’s Nikki Tundel provides a video profile of the Zeller family.

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Wurzer’s big day

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 11:47 AM Jun 21, 2010

MPR’s Cathy Wurzer was the grand marshal of White Bear Lake’s Manitou Days parade this weekend.

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The myth of the online comment

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 11:25 AM Jun 21, 2010
5

Newspapers profess to struggle over online comments. But a solution is remarkably simple.

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Dramatic tornado video

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2010, 10:42 AM Jun 21, 2010
5

There have been a number of videos of last week’s tornadoes posted to the Internet, but few are as compelling as this one

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