February | 2012 | NewsCut | Minnesota Public Radio News

If you want to start a good argument, experience tells me, a good topic would be: Who was more involved in the community while a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves — Kevin Garnett or Kevin Love?

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There’s less to Spirit Airlines in MSP than meets the eye

Bob Collins February 29, 2012, 10:04 AM Feb 29, 2012

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The new airline has already lowered fares on other carriers, but will that be a long-term benefit?

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All’s quiet in the student section

Bob Collins February 29, 2012, 9:45 AM Feb 29, 2012

Warnings from University of Minnesota Duluth administrators to the student section at UMD hockey games appear to have worked.

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The nature of forgiveness (5×8 – 2/29/12)

Bob Collins February 29, 2012, 7:02 AM Feb 29, 2012

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A culture of forgiving, Legacy money for school art programs, a death in Easy Company, end of the door-to-door sale, and embracing winter again.

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Troops in the landfill

Bob Collins February 28, 2012, 2:47 PM Feb 28, 2012

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An investigation into why the remains of some war dead was met mostly with a shrug today until someone determined that the unidentified remains of victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon were sent there, too.

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Nothing screams ‘success’ like a burning wreck

Bob Collins February 28, 2012, 1:48 PM Feb 28, 2012

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Is there anything better for your company than having your vehicle burn on national TV?

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How should parents be held accountable?

Bob Collins February 28, 2012, 12:17 PM Feb 28, 2012

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Two vastly different items in the news in locations 800 miles apart have both led to the same question: Where does parental responsibility start and stop in matters of school life?

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All about Leap Day

Bob Collins February 28, 2012, 10:56 AM Feb 28, 2012

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We haven’t had any cases of white death from an overblown storm yet, so let’s refocus our attention to something that actually is going to occur.

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Want to build a school?

Bob Collins February 28, 2012, 9:30 AM Feb 28, 2012

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A proposal for state taxpayers to build a school in a southeast Minnesota community could spawn some of the most cantankerous debate we’ve seen in awhile.

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