May | 2011 | NewsCut | Minnesota Public Radio News

Justifying looting

Bob Collins May 23, 2011, 10:40 AM May 23, 2011

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Are liquor and cigarettes really a matter of survival?

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Five by 8

When tornadoes hit cities (5×8 – 5/23/11)

Bob Collins May 23, 2011, 7:04 AM May 23, 2011

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How to help with the cleanup in north Minneapolis, Minnesota is caught in the middle of a presidential race, muskrat hate in Grand Forks, Sandra Bernhard on Wits, and Kate Couric on Katie Couric.

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Roll call vote: Same-sex marriage ban amendment

Bob Collins May 21, 2011, 11:40 PM May 21, 2011

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See how your representative voted on the bill that puts a ban on same-sex marriage on the November 2012 ballot as a constitutional amendment.

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Test your news knowledge on the quiz

kenpaulman May 20, 2011, 4:07 PM May 20, 2011

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The MPR Digital Media interns took the news of the past week and turned it into the quiz that will test your news knowledge.

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The keel of Minnesota

Bob Collins May 20, 2011, 3:49 PM May 20, 2011

The expression of the gentleman on the far right makes me want to have a caption contest, but instead I’ll simply tell you that the submarine Minnesota is coming along after almost three years of construction.

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Highlights of Harmon Killebrew’s funeral

Bob Collins May 20, 2011, 1:30 PM May 20, 2011

Selected audio from today’s funeral for Harmon Killebrew

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Regional history

End of the line for Lake Calhoun?

Bob Collins May 20, 2011, 10:39 AM May 20, 2011

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Should the name be changed?

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Five by 8

The Maine of the Midwest? (5×8 – 5/20/11)

Bob Collins May 20, 2011, 7:12 AM May 20, 2011

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Getting ready for the same-sex marriage debate, a lesson for hotshots, embracing spring, a goodbye to Harmon, and homeowners vs. the power line.

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Draw.

dgaraets May 19, 2011, 2:46 PM May 19, 2011

Kirk Anderson draws a bead on the ‘Shoot First’ bill.

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What’s in your time capsule?

Bob Collins May 19, 2011, 1:45 PM May 19, 2011

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Students in Cloquet discover the distant past.

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Obama on the Middle East then and now

Bob Collins May 19, 2011, 12:19 PM May 19, 2011

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A comparison of two speeches about the Middle East.

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Zellers on professor remark: MPR misinformed me

Bob Collins May 19, 2011, 10:51 AM May 19, 2011

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We now know where Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Zellers got his information before making the assertion that college professors in Minnesota have been getting 20-30 percent pay increases like Minnesota families are losing 30-40 percent of their income.

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Five by 8

A finished quilt; an ongoing war (5×8 – 5/19/11)

Bob Collins May 19, 2011, 7:14 AM May 19, 2011

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Caron’s tour of duty, an eye on Iowa’s pigs, the Vikes’ stadium from the outside in, measuring up to Harmon, and long-lasting marriages are increasing.

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The problem with the president’s plane

Bob Collins May 18, 2011, 4:01 PM May 18, 2011

It really wasn’t a big deal when a big jet executed a ‘missed approach’ because of bad weather in Hartford, Connecticut today. But the big jet had the president of the United States in it, so it’s in the news.

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