March | 2013 | NewsCut | Minnesota Public Radio News

Survey: Modern parenthood not all that modern

Bob Collins March 14, 2013, 11:28 AM Mar 14, 2013

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Women and men are increasingly feeling stressed about trying to balance work and home functions, a Pew survey out today reports.

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Five by 8

The Google Way (5×8 – 3/14/13)

Bob Collins March 14, 2013, 7:30 AM Mar 14, 2013

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The risk of the free app, there’s money in parking spots, the search for Kira Trevino, the price of progress, and it’s Pi Day!

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 3/13/13

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 4:56 PM Mar 13, 2013

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Another effort to derail the same-sex marriage bill fails, efforts to increase the graduation rate, and the new pope and the non-Catholics who are intrigued by it all.

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A sign of spring: The 35E speed-limit bill

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 3:47 PM Mar 13, 2013

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The crocuses bloom, the smoke turns white when a pope is elected, and the I-35E speed limit bill is filed at the Capitol.

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A kiss is (almost) just a kiss

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 3:16 PM Mar 13, 2013

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A guy couple kisses in Colorado and it makes the front page.

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The price of a House seat: $35,000 a day

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 1:57 PM Mar 13, 2013

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In two days, the average U.S. senator raises enough money to equal the poverty level for a family of four.

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Study: Same-sex married men live longer

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 11:07 AM Mar 13, 2013

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Danish researchers report today that men in same-sex marriages are living longer. But it also says mortality rates among married lesbians have begun to rise after a long period of decline.

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What makes public radio cool?

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 11:01 AM Mar 13, 2013

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It’s no secret that public radio audiences tend to be older folk. Not every market has a Current to bring the demographics back toward the middle.

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Five by 8

Same-sex marriage and the curse of the dueling sound bite (5×8 – 3/13/13)

Bob Collins March 13, 2013, 7:40 AM Mar 13, 2013

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How do you fit hours of testimony into minutes of reporting, the bracket game and the search for perfection, the 68-year-old roller derby queen of Grand Forks, the dog with the bucket list, and is stress a real thing?

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 3/12/13

Bob Collins March 12, 2013, 4:56 PM Mar 12, 2013

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Same-sex marriage gets its first green light at the Capitol. What really happens inside the Sistine Chapel? North Korea probably won’t launch a nuclear war tonight. Soldiers lose their tuition. And what makes for the perfect obit and eulogy?

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The obit we want

Bob Collins March 12, 2013, 3:35 PM Mar 12, 2013

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The obit does what a good obit should do: Make you wish you knew the person. But judging from this one, you probably do.

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Golfer falls into sinkhole

Bob Collins March 12, 2013, 1:57 PM Mar 12, 2013

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A golfer was minding his own business when he disappeared into the ground.

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The conclave playlist

Bob Collins March 12, 2013, 1:09 PM Mar 12, 2013

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Spotify has assembled a playlist while Catholics wait for the white smoke.

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The superstar astronaut

Bob Collins March 12, 2013, 12:26 PM Mar 12, 2013

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Chris Hadfield, a flight engineer on the International Space Station at the moment, continues to prove he is — as I described last month — ‘the coolest astronaut in history.’

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Women, water, and a long trail ahead

Bob Collins March 12, 2013, 10:59 AM Mar 12, 2013

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Ojibwe women are walking with a pot of water from the headwaters of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for March 2013

Survey: Modern parenthood not all that modern

The Google Way (5×8 – 3/14/13)

Mary and Bob (audio) – 3/13/13

A sign of spring: The 35E speed-limit bill

A kiss is (almost) just a kiss

The price of a House seat: $35,000 a day

Study: Same-sex married men live longer

What makes public radio cool?

Same-sex marriage and the curse of the dueling sound bite (5×8 – 3/13/13)

Mary and Bob (audio) – 3/12/13

The obit we want

Golfer falls into sinkhole

The conclave playlist

The superstar astronaut

Women, water, and a long trail ahead