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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2012

Where are the kids?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2012, 3:11 PM Apr 25, 2012
2

It’s budget-cutting time in Minnesota’s school districts. It’s a time when authorities evaluate the extracurricular and other offerings of schools and decide what no longer interests kids.

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The fireworks bill: The freedom to do something stupid

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2012, 1:05 PM Apr 25, 2012
22

Poll: Should the governor sign the fireworks bill?

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The value of your home

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2012, 12:02 PM Apr 25, 2012
34

Even when there was a housing bubble, it never made sense to buy a house based on its potential resale value.

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Five by 8

Going around, coming around (5×8 – 4/25/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2012, 7:06 AM Apr 25, 2012
7

The end of the Minnesota GOP, slow jamming Obama, educating girls, people doing good: still running, and rescuing a farm in Ulen.

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How headlines matter

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2012, 2:44 PM Apr 24, 2012
4

The trial of Amy Senser, charged with running down a motorist on an I-94 ramp and then driving away, is already shaping up to be a minefield for the journalists covering it.

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Move to limit state worker pay, benefit increases advances in House

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2012, 2:31 PM Apr 24, 2012
6

With a thin 68-to-63 vote, the Minnesota House of Representatives this afternoon approved a bill preventing public employees and governments from extending a union contract beyond the point at which it expires.

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Expert: Forget about home prices going back up.

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2012, 12:38 PM Apr 24, 2012
3

The designer of a study that measures home resale values says there’s nothing to indicate a future boom in the economy is ahead.

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Northern Lights in Fergus Falls

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2012, 12:01 PM Apr 24, 2012
1

The Northern Lights made another appearance last night in northern Minnesota.

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Five by 8

Danger: Asteroid ahead (5×8 – 4/24/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2012, 7:26 AM Apr 24, 2012
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The future of Social Security, a son’s tribute to his child-protector mom, Music Man Murray, life and the human-powered airplane, and Tim Pawlenty season is underway.

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Tales from the other side of the counter

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2012, 3:17 PM Apr 23, 2012
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Everybody’s got a ‘cellphone guy (or woman)’ story. What’s yours?

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App kills Facebook “beauty” ads

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2012, 3:06 PM Apr 23, 2012
1

We’re generally loathe to pass along any details of the latest Facebook app, but we’re making a NewsCut exception in this case.

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A day in the life of people who think they can change the world

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2012, 1:19 PM Apr 23, 2012
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Images from the last 24 hours of protests around the world.

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Speed dating for justice

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2012, 11:16 AM Apr 23, 2012
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Do you think you could sit on the Senser jury?

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Five by 8

One day on earth (5×8 – 4/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2012, 7:31 AM Apr 23, 2012
5

Crowdsourcing a day in the life, behind the cardboard arcade story, who are the new poor, throwing identity away in Alexandria, and smelt heaven in Duluth.

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Where heroes once stood

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2012, 3:05 PM Apr 20, 2012
3

There’s no flood in Moorhead’s Riverview Circle neighborhood this year. But the scene is sadder than it was during the flood of 2009.

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