MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2011

Live trivia: The weekly Quiz

Bob Collins April 22, 2011, 12:30 PM Apr 22, 2011

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This week the News Cut Quiz is a live competition.

Lessons learned while your plane crashes

Bob Collins April 22, 2011, 11:41 AM Apr 22, 2011

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It’s been more than two years since Flight 1549 ditched in the Hudson River and passenger Ric Elias is telling his side of the story for the first time.

McCain’s Libya gambit

Bob Collins April 22, 2011, 9:26 AM Apr 22, 2011

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Is Sen. McCain trying to embarrass the White House on the international stage?

A class goodbye

Bob Collins April 22, 2011, 9:03 AM Apr 22, 2011

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What the staff at KARE 11 did for their long-time boss yesterday was astounding, at least for the normally bunker-mentality world of the media.

Baseball’s babies (5×8 – 4/22/11)

Bob Collins April 22, 2011, 7:08 AM Apr 22, 2011

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The testosterone tales, the solution to the problem of sleepy controllers, walking away from the green products, the price of killing an endangered bird; and frack, baby, frack!

Protesters on the payroll

Bob Collins April 21, 2011, 3:15 PM Apr 21, 2011

Civil disobedience and protest took a sharp turn in the United States today, when protesters interrupted a speech by Barack Obama to sing about jailed Army Pvt. Bradley Manning.

Owatonna plane crash docket released

Bob Collins April 21, 2011, 1:51 PM Apr 21, 2011

Some previously unreleased photographs of the wreckage show why the NTSB characterized the crash as ‘not survivable.’

No sign of missing Minnesota native in Grand Teton

Bob Collins April 21, 2011, 1:04 PM Apr 21, 2011

There is still no sign of an Afton native, who disappeared (along with a colleague) while skiing in Grand Teton National Park.

Poker vs. online poker

Bob Collins April 21, 2011, 11:16 AM Apr 21, 2011

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If people are willing to risk losing their money on the Internet, is that a problem?

Surveys and trivia

When presidents dance

Bob Collins April 21, 2011, 10:50 AM Apr 21, 2011

If this were the 1960s, the talk shows would be filled with worry that America is falling behind in the dance race.

What war really looks like (5×8 – 4/21/11)

Bob Collins April 21, 2011, 6:57 AM Apr 21, 2011

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The people who won’t let us turn away, Oslo flooding by air, when will drivers start slowing down, the pop-top-powered car, and Kevin Love’s big day.

Minnesota native missing near Grand Teton

Bob Collins April 20, 2011, 4:45 PM Apr 20, 2011

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A Minnesota native and a companion have gone missing while on a trip to climb the Grand Teton.

Death of a war photographer

Bob Collins April 20, 2011, 2:36 PM Apr 20, 2011

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Tim Hetherington was killed in Libya.

The legend of ‘Jonny Mac’

Bob Collins April 20, 2011, 1:12 PM Apr 20, 2011

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Why MPR’s choice of the person to replace Bill Kling was a wise one.

Court: No unemployment for excessively-absent employee

Bob Collins April 20, 2011, 12:17 PM Apr 20, 2011

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It’s not a very good idea to test your company’s absentee policy by being absent.