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Archives for April 2012

Bobby Vee’s Alzheimer’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2012, 3:03 PM Apr 30, 2012
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Teen idol Bobby Vee began his career on the day the music died.

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‘My former president trumps your former president’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2012, 2:00 PM Apr 30, 2012
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Within minutes of the announcement — on year ago today — that Navy SEALS had killed Osama bin Laden, political wags noted it’d play big once President Obama’s re-election campaign began.

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What did you do in the war?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2012, 12:54 PM Apr 30, 2012
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I often wonder if anyone in the next generation will learn about the war in Iraq and the one in Afghanistan in a history class, only to run home and ask daddy and mommy, ‘what did you do during the war?’ and whether there might be some shame about the answer.

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Blind man to see 30 parks in 30 days

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2012, 11:20 AM Apr 30, 2012
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In two weeks, Reggie Deal will plop down in a seat at Target Field at Minneapolis and be generally unimpressed by the skyline, the giant Target ad on Target Center, or the big light pole beyond the rightfield bleachers.

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Morality and legality collide in the ER (5×8 – 4/30/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2012, 7:17 AM Apr 30, 2012
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The prepay debate, should public radio reveal when story subjects are underwriters, women in the Oil Patch, spam on the phone, and don’t mess with Peggy.

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The wacky people who fly

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2012, 6:44 PM Apr 27, 2012
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Quick quiz: Which of these two things is a security risk to the nation’s airlines?

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Five by 8

The choices we make (5×8 – 4/27/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2012, 7:03 AM Apr 27, 2012
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What choice would you change, the world’s largest plastic building is in Minnesota, tears in the news, and people who do good by doing wrong,

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Twins add to “It Gets Better” ranks

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 3:25 PM Apr 26, 2012
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Minnesota will become only the eighth Major League Baseball team to produce an ‘It Gets Better’ video.

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Question of affair surfaces in Senser trial

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 1:16 PM Apr 26, 2012
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The Amy Senser trial certainly took an interesting — and confusing — turn today when prosecutor Deborah Russell tried to challenge Joe Senser’s claim that his wife never lied to him.

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The worst baseball fan in America

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:57 PM Apr 26, 2012
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The cardinal rule of attending sports events: Always give the ball to the kid.

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Passing time at the national pastime

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:41 PM Apr 26, 2012
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What to do while your team is losing.

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The value of dog urine, screwworms, and toe clippings

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:03 PM Apr 26, 2012
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A congressman wants to honor science breakthroughs that came via ‘wasteful’ research.

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Lawmakers play dirty with first-graders’ bill

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 10:30 AM Apr 26, 2012
15 Comments

That’s one for big soil!

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Five by 8

Nebraska’s Sahara (5×8 – 4/26/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 7:26 AM Apr 26, 2012
16 Comments

After the flood, what might have been in the foreclosure crisis, Alex Balluff beat the odds, Yertle the Socialist, and fighting hatred with music.

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Twins attendance: It’s worse than you think

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2012, 3:29 PM Apr 25, 2012
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Baseball fans are starting to avoid Target Field.

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