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Archives for April 2012

A constitutional food fight

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2012, 11:49 AM Apr 4, 2012
8 Comments

Justice may be blind but it’s got ears.

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Vikings stadium financing plan offered: Supportive legislators’ cities pay

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2012, 11:02 AM Apr 4, 2012
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A bill at the Capitol appears to charge communities for a Vikings stadium if their lawmakers support the bill.

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Five by 8

Corruption and the student athlete (5×8 – 4/4/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2012, 7:18 AM Apr 4, 2012
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Does it matter if college basketball players don’t go to class, money for nothing in Moorhead, the carry-on fee cometh, remembering a flood fighter, and today’s Norway moment.

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Separating fact from fiction in Wisconsin emergency landing

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 4:05 PM Apr 3, 2012
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The story of the woman who landed a plane in Wisconsin after he husband died sounds a little more dramatic if you ignore the fact the woman clearly knew what she was doing.

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The weapon of rape 20 years later

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 2:27 PM Apr 3, 2012
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Twenty years ago tomorrow, the war in Bosnia started with the siege in Sarajevo.

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In search of my 1940 family

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 1:10 PM Apr 3, 2012
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We’re a people who want to be connected to the people who came before. The fact that the 1940 Census website crashed yesterday under the crush of 37 million requests shows that we’re looking for something. But what?

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Weather

Sometimes ‘hot’ is just ‘hot.’ Or not

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 12:06 PM Apr 3, 2012
14 Comments

Welcome to another day of science trying to explain March and the recently expired winter.

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When air service isn’t ‘essential’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 10:55 AM Apr 3, 2012

An empty airline indicates that not all small cities need air service.

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Five by 8

The mammogram debate renewed (5×8 – 4/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 7:12 AM Apr 3, 2012
8 Comments

Treating breast cancer. Or not. Also: Scrambling the young brain, GI Bill blues in Mankato, the dawn of the flying car, and a visit from Beasley.

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Gardening goes to prison

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2012, 2:17 PM Apr 2, 2012
5 Comments

The Minnesota Legislature today embraced an innovative program that apparently makes too much sense to ignore — gardens in prison.

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A hidden airline goes bankrupt

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2012, 1:57 PM Apr 2, 2012
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The chances are you think Pinnacle is an airline you never fly. The chances are you’re wrong.

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Strip searches up close

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2012, 1:02 PM Apr 2, 2012
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Unless you’ve been hauled off to jail lately, you may be unaware that your chance of being strip searched has increased in recent years.

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The people who fight for their unemployment (continued)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2012, 12:05 PM Apr 2, 2012
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today that a woman, who was encouraged by her boss to quit her job and become an independent contractor instead, is entitled to unemployment benefits.

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When seat belts are a story

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2012, 10:45 AM Apr 2, 2012
10 Comments

If there’s one fact that gets people riled up in the wake of a fatal car crash, it’s the one about whether the deceased were wearing seat belts.

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Followup: The shaving-cream solution

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2012, 10:33 AM Apr 2, 2012
12 Comments

A company responds to suggestions its packaging gives customers less than they pay for.

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