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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2011

Feting the boss

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2011, 1:55 PM Jun 30, 2011
2

Something great happens to the straight-laced world of MPR News when you give a reporter a camera and tell them it’s OK to be funny and irreverent.

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Making a better tomorrow, tomorrow

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2011, 12:18 PM Jun 30, 2011
1

Stephen Colbert is now in the political fundraising business.

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Dear Minnesota: ‘You’re fired’

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2011, 12:14 PM Jun 30, 2011
11

News Cut reader Doreen Clark has penned a letter to the state of Minnesota, informing it that it is fired.

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Shutdown 101: How to get unemployment

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2011, 11:26 AM Jun 30, 2011
13

The Department of Human Services has sent its employees this memo on how to get unemployment during the shutdown.

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How getting hit in the head saved a man’s life

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2011, 10:59 AM Jun 30, 2011

Sometimes, a painful moment in your life turns out to be the best thing that could ever happen to you.

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Five by 8

Shutdown Cinema (5×8 – 6/30/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2011, 6:55 AM Jun 30, 2011
8

Seven scenes about Minnesota government, the stadium deal, a special place for the jerks who prey on us, Blyleven trivia, and Gollub sings.

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You’re not essential

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 4:33 PM Jun 29, 2011
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The Department of Human Services this afternoon let their “non-essential” employees know they’re non-essential employees by telling them that if they were essential, they’d know by now.

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Surveys and trivia

St. Paul’s train to nowhere

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 4:03 PM Jun 29, 2011
4

A look at a former dream of rail service to London.

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Ann Taylor’s exit

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 3:26 PM Jun 29, 2011
4

Another NPR voice calls it quits.

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Covering Greece

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 1:13 PM Jun 29, 2011

Required gear for covering a financial meltdown.

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The corpse springs to life

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 12:27 PM Jun 29, 2011
7

The corpse flower is in bloom in St. Paul, but only for a few more hours.

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This is how they do it

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 11:47 AM Jun 29, 2011
1

Five other states have bigger budget problems than Minnesota. How are they solving it?

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Five by 8

What are you ready to do without? (5×8 – 6/29/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 7:19 AM Jun 29, 2011
2

Tales from the tick-tock state, my space at the July 4th parade, Star Tribune negotiations, ode to the butter cow lady, and the drinking-and-running challenge.

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Campaigns and songs people are sick of hearing

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2011, 2:15 PM Jun 28, 2011
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Tom Petty is reportedly upset that Rep. Michele Bachmann played his song, ‘American Girl,’ at the conclusion of her announcement that she wants to be president of the United States.

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A first pitch worth arriving early for

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2011, 12:22 PM Jun 28, 2011
3

A performer for Cirque Cirque du Soleil threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game.

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