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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2011

Sports

A win for Wrenshall

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 12:24 PM Jan 24, 2011

A small Minnesota school has broken a long losing streak.

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Has stimulus money helped the Minnesota economy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 11:37 AM Jan 24, 2011
1

Like the stimulus program itself, there’s a little something for everyone in an investigation of what the stimulus program has brought to Minnesota and individual counties here.

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The Moscow bombing

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 11:26 AM Jan 24, 2011
2

Some eyewitness video has now been posted to YouTube from today’s suicide bombing at a Moscow airport.

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What do you know and why do you know it?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 10:26 AM Jan 24, 2011
6

Why do so few students learn anything in college?

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Viral video of the day: The train

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 10:21 AM Jan 24, 2011
3

A question to consider while watching today’s viral video of the day: How has the Internet changed us?

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Five by 8

Border battles (5×8 – 1/24/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 7:10 AM Jan 24, 2011
5

Business and the border states, you’ve reached the end of the Internet, the lost blizzard film, the Wind and Mr. Ug, and are you a narcissist?

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How oil is changing North Dakota

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2011, 10:22 AM Jan 23, 2011

In any boom, it takes some time for small towns to adjust.

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Abortion emerging as major issue, lawsuit at Minnesota Capitol

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2011, 3:28 PM Jan 21, 2011
24

Republicans have filed a bill banning state-funding of abortions.

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Teen death story igniting media feud in central Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2011, 2:50 PM Jan 21, 2011
1

Lance Lundsten is dead. There’s little agreement how he died.

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In times of tragedy, a glimpse into our culture

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2011, 12:33 PM Jan 21, 2011
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Why do we process tragic events by invoking divine intervention?

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Science · Weather

Video: The cold-weather lab

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2011, 11:04 AM Jan 21, 2011
12

A cup of hot water will freeze when thrown into the air. What other liquids will?

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Five by 8

A grand gesture (5×8 – 1/21/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2011, 7:05 AM Jan 21, 2011
13

Running across the Grand Canyon, why don’t facts matter anymore, inside the health care wayback machine, faces of poverty, and the backyard hockey rink.

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Should Minnesota add a gun rights amendment to its constitution?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2011, 2:42 PM Jan 20, 2011
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Rep. Tom Hackbarth is proposing a constitutional amendment be placed on the ballot acknowledging the right to keep, bear, and use arms.

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Congress and health care

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2011, 2:41 PM Jan 20, 2011

Does Congress get a better health care plan than other Americans with health insurance?

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Fact-check: Guns and violence

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2011, 11:21 AM Jan 20, 2011
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How big a part did Arizona’s gun laws play in the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson nearly two weeks ago?

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