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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2012

MPR’s ‘naked lady’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 3:51 PM Jan 10, 2012
10

There are only 8 broadcasts of MPR’s Midday left before Broadcasting Hall of Fame host Gary Eichten retires.

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The jobs we do

In defense of the newspaper carrier

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 2:08 PM Jan 10, 2012
4

A crime in Sioux Falls has some people looking down on the person who brings the newspaper.

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Crashed video in Saint Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 12:34 PM Jan 10, 2012
6

The Red Bull event in the city this weekend should be a great time as long as you don’t plan on recording the event

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Obama one step ahead in ad wars

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 11:44 AM Jan 10, 2012
3

The Obama campaign is buying up the real estate on the front pages of newspapers in primary states.

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Surveys and trivia

Twin Cities no longer America’s gayest

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 9:34 AM Jan 10, 2012
2

That’s a big story, perhaps, but bigger still is what city dethroned you. It’s Salt Lake City.

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Five by 8

A blow to the ‘misery economy’ (5×8 – 1/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 7:20 AM Jan 10, 2012
4

The pain index bottoms out, Best Buy from the inside, apples to Apple, the candidates who keep politics ‘interesting,’ and the cupcake incident upon further review.

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A return to the good times?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 2:41 PM Jan 9, 2012
4

Have your good times returned? Or are you just replacing the things that have worn out from a decade of trying to make do.

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When the people speak to politicians

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 12:08 PM Jan 9, 2012

One of the great aspects of a long primary season, is the opportunity to hear what people — not politicians — have to say.

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The politics of food stamps

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 10:51 AM Jan 9, 2012
9

Should the food stamp program be ended and the money given to states instead?

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Five by 8

Why is Jack Jablonski a news story? (5×8 – 1/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 7:40 AM Jan 9, 2012
41

The nature of humanity, the curse of the branded building, the 60 Minutes stem cell fraud story, falling through thin ice, and when the bungee cord breaks.

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Photographs and paranoia

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2012, 12:23 PM Jan 7, 2012
5

There’s more evidence today that America during the Cold War wasn’t really the flag we saluted and the home of the free.

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What’s on the mind of hockey players? Jack Jablonski

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 3:24 PM Jan 6, 2012
3

A fight broke out last night in a game between Winona and Owatonna when a player was checked from behind, a hit similar to the one that severed Jablonski’s spinal cord

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Surveys and trivia

Why you should call your mom more

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 12:33 PM Jan 6, 2012
4

Our communication tools are neutering the power of mom to make things better.

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Surveys and trivia

Do people watch politics for the pretty people?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 11:41 AM Jan 6, 2012
14

Israeli researchers have concluded that more physically attractive members of Congress get more coverage on network television.

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Ventura vs. a SEAL?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 10:26 AM Jan 6, 2012
3

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura is in the thick of another controversy, this time with a Navy SEAL who says the governor disrupted the wake of a SEAL.

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