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Archives for July 2010

Why you should always read the story under the headline

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2010, 11:23 AM Jul 13, 2010

The devil may be in the details, but the primary message is always in the headlines.

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The ‘twilight’ of our sanity

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2010, 10:57 AM Jul 13, 2010
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What hath Twilight wrought?

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 7/13/10: Should tips be tax free?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2010, 7:32 AM Jul 13, 2010
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A candidate fights back on the minimum wage issue, why is shoplifting increasing, Son of Sam gets a makeover, a Duluth cabbie rides with Taj Mahal, and how the tarmac delays aren’t working.

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Lacrosse and the threat to a sovereign nation

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 12, 2010, 2:58 PM Jul 12, 2010
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A team of Native Americans is being refused entry to the World Lacrosse Championships.

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Where’s the innovation gone in online politics?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 12, 2010, 12:08 PM Jul 12, 2010
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With just a month left until Primary Election Day and four months to go until the mid-term elections, a sad reality is making itself more obvious for people who use the Internet to follow political news: This campaign season is one of the worst for innovation in political coverage.

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Weekends 101

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 12, 2010, 10:42 AM Jul 12, 2010
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Watching this video posted by some Minnesota sky diver enthusiasts today is a good way to think that maybe you didn’t wring everything you could out of the weekend.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 7/12/10: Peak creativity

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 12, 2010, 7:07 AM Jul 12, 2010
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Why is our creativity declining, where is Minnesota’s money going, the man who can make people like something about the Yankees, interracial marriages, and the gorilla test revisited.

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DNA in song

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2010, 3:13 PM Jul 11, 2010

The BBC reports today that a new choral work is about to be unveiled in which the performers sing their own genetic code.

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Block Party photos

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2010, 7:01 PM Jul 10, 2010

Courtesy of Flickr, let’s look at some of the fine photography via attendees to the Basilica Block Party in Minneapolis

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Climate change and the bunker mentality

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2010, 12:23 PM Jul 10, 2010

The head of an organization focusing on cleaning up a developing environmental catastrophe is urging its workers not to talk to the media. BP? Nope.

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Surveys and trivia

For sale: Stuffed horse

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2010, 8:01 AM Jul 10, 2010
1 Comment

If you’re of my generation, then this headline today is transporting you back to the ’50s and ’60s.

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Street light savings time

dgaraets July 9, 2010, 3:35 PM Jul 9, 2010
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Tom Bodett would not be happy with Brainerd, Minn. The City Council there voted to keep about a quarter of the city’s 1,600 streetlights dark, despite complaints from many residents.

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More on the art of the gratuity

dgaraets July 9, 2010, 1:00 PM Jul 9, 2010
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So far, no one has accused Tom Emmer of stealing sheep.

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What motivates a Russian spy?

dgaraets July 9, 2010, 11:08 AM Jul 9, 2010

What motivates a Russian spy?

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Five by 8 – 7/9/10: Going away

Eric Ringham July 9, 2010, 7:30 AM Jul 9, 2010
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LeBron James choses the Miami Heat; Russian spies are going home in exchange for Westerners; and Yoda on TomTom.

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