November | 2010 | NewsCut | Minnesota Public Radio News

In Haiti, some relief workers going where others fear to tread

Bob Collins November 17, 2010, 1:41 PM Nov 17, 2010

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Scattered violence and protests in Haiti are curtailing some relief activities there, but so far it hasn’t appeared to slow the Minneapolis-based American Refuge Committee.

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The day in airport screening

Bob Collins November 17, 2010, 11:49 AM Nov 17, 2010

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A Taiwanese animation famously captures the controversy over airport scanners.

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Surveys and trivia · Weather

Welcome to winter

Bob Collins November 17, 2010, 10:53 AM Nov 17, 2010

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How do you explain Minnesota to people who’ve never been here?

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Five by 8

Airport security and common sense (5×8 – 11/17/10)

Bob Collins November 17, 2010, 7:07 AM Nov 17, 2010

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Humiliation flies free, why the poor are more in tune with you, what the voters really said, snapshots from our health care system, and the faces of distracted driving.

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In search of real news

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 4:37 PM Nov 16, 2010

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Iconic newsman Ted Koppel laments the death of ‘real news.’ Not everyone agrees.

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Security screening from a pilot’s perspective

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 4:13 PM Nov 16, 2010

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The pushback against security screen at the nation’s airports seems to be increasing.

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Crackdown on anti-gay remark earns teacher a suspension

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 1:47 PM Nov 16, 2010

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The limits of free speech vs. the acceptance of gay students is a battle on display in Michigan this week.

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Duluthians respond to fire

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 1:27 PM Nov 16, 2010

It didn’t take Duluthians long to come to the aid of the people displaced by a fire overnight.

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Things Tina Fey can’t say

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 12:58 PM Nov 16, 2010

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Cool. Yet another public broadcasting controversy.

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Central Corridor may be stuck in congressional stop-and-go

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 12:20 PM Nov 16, 2010

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Will an earmark plan sink a project that’s already under construction?

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Surveys and trivia

Public Radio rap

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 10:58 AM Nov 16, 2010

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Ah, never mind. Do I really need to say anything?

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Five by 8

Another day in health-care hell (5×8 – 11/16/10)

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 7:26 AM Nov 16, 2010

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The joys of open enrollment, staying happy by staying focused, the deer with the velvet antlers, pitch man under fire, and the lawsuit of the day.

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In the Internet age, it’s impossible to censor for long

Bob Collins November 15, 2010, 2:37 PM Nov 15, 2010

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Officials at Benilde-St. Margaret, a Catholic school in St. Louis Park, have removed two articles from the school newspaper’s Web site critical of the Archdiocese’s DVD mailing against same-sex marriage.

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