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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2011

Weather

Embracing winter: The ice sculptures

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2011, 2:31 PM Jan 27, 2011

The heat is on a group of artist’s in St. Paul’s Rice Park. They’ve got until 9 Saturday morning to turn the blocks of ice into works of ice art.

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Coincidence? Or a tragic example of the power of the press?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2011, 12:18 PM Jan 27, 2011
3

You may recall the controversy last fall when a newspaper in Uganda printed pictures of homosexuals in the country with ‘hang them’ on the front page. One of them is dead.

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Health care pushback

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2011, 11:38 AM Jan 27, 2011

Today, the White House is distributing the story of Kayla Holmstrom of Brookings, South Dakota, who was hurt in a motorcycle accident.

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Surveys and trivia

What every cabin owner needs

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2011, 11:27 AM Jan 27, 2011
4

A water-powered jetpack is now on the market.

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Five by 8

The 99-week syndrome (5×8 – 1/27/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2011, 7:09 AM Jan 27, 2011
11

Why don’t long-term unemployed have a job, Tim Pawlenty: the sequel, heroes and zeroes, and the joy of human hibernation explored.

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The gulf of St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2011, 3:43 PM Jan 26, 2011
3

Three weeks into the legislative session, there isn’t a whiff of bipartisanship in the air.

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Supreme Court hands dairy farmers a win over stray voltage

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2011, 1:22 PM Jan 26, 2011
15

The court ruling sparks a new debate over how much stray electricity threatens Minnesota dairy farmers.

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Africa have your say

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2011, 11:30 AM Jan 26, 2011
1

From Minneapolis to London to Mogadishu, a discussion about the future of Somalia

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Five by 8

Bad sports or good business? (5×8 – 1/26/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2011, 7:11 AM Jan 26, 2011
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Should a Packers tie get you fired, the Chipotle firings, happy Swap Day, running in place at work, and the Iron Range weasel’s workout.

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Air continues to leak out of housing market

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 4:18 PM Jan 25, 2011
1

The recovery in the resale price of homes in the Twin Cities last year apparently was a mirage.

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Is there any hope for Somalia?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 3:01 PM Jan 25, 2011
1

Somalis in London, Mogadishu, and St. Paul will examine the future.

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The limits of free speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 1:21 PM Jan 25, 2011
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A jury awarded $400,000 to a man because of things someone said about him on the Internet. Now he wants to make it a crime.

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The achievement gap in black and white

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 11:08 AM Jan 25, 2011
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Student achievement for black students in Minnesota and nationwide falls woefully short of white students.

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Five by 8

What’s going on in your cockpit? (5×8 – 1/25/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 7:05 AM Jan 25, 2011
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Travails of the tired pilot, Tim Pawlenty: The movie, funerals by webcast, how I became a Minnesota pineapple farmer, and the vanishing mention of war.

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Is the smoking ban next?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 1:40 PM Jan 24, 2011
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A bill at the Capitol would permit smoking in some bars and restaurants.

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