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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2014

The chart proves it: You can take more winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 2:12 PM Feb 28, 2014
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources posted this chart today proving that, while severe, this isn’t really the worst winter ever.
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Multi-car crash closes northbound Interstate 35 in Lakeville

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 1:15 PM Feb 28, 2014
8

Interstate 35 northbound in Lakeville has been closed this afternoon because of a pile-up in the snowstorm.
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Surveys and trivia

A pelican learns to fly

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 12:56 PM Feb 28, 2014
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There’s really no reason for me to post this video other than the fact that it reminds us that somewhere in this world today, there’s a person running on a warm beach flapping his arms like a pelican. Equal time: Why would you ice fish? (Minnesota Public Radio News).

Crime and Justice

Flag ban decision shows depth of desperation in America’s schools

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 11:11 AM Feb 28, 2014
1

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a school district in California was within its rights when it ordered kids who wore T-shirts adorned with the American flag to turn them inside out. Read more →

Five by 8

Whatever happened to the shutdown promises? (5×8 -2/28/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 7:24 AM Feb 28, 2014
12

Did lawmakers follow through on their promises to give up their shutdown pay, Herb Bergson’s battle, the ice houses that don’t want to leave Minnesota lakes, when we make things all about us, and Minnesota: The state of Daft Punk. Read more →

Coon Rapids mom ends cancer treatment to spend more time with sons

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 1:25 PM Feb 27, 2014
3

Lynn Acker, 37, of Coon Rapids, has left Mayo Clinic, where she’s been treated for cancer, and she’s not going back because she wants to spend her remaining days with her three hockey-playing kids. Read more →

If the temperature never got above zero

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 12:42 PM Feb 27, 2014
14

Yes, it’s been a bitterly cold winter no matter where you are in Minnesota. Here’s a map. Read more →

The new bullying in school: Teachers with cameras

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 11:58 AM Feb 27, 2014
11

In Michigan, a teacher filmed a child stuck in a chair for 10 minutes while she waited for a “maintenance worker” to get him out. Read more →

U.S. senators too busy to listen to a story about a woman’s Alzheimer’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 11:16 AM Feb 27, 2014
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Actor Seth Rogen came a congressional subcommittee to talk about his mother-in-law’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. Many lawmakers ignored him. Read more →

Five by 8

Longing for the suburbs (5×8 – 2/27/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 7:36 AM Feb 27, 2014
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Can people discuss the suburbs and cities without fighting, the great Minnesota fish scandal unfolds, in defense of Marilyn Hagerty, it’s not called ‘the working people’s stadium,’ and a benefit for Joe in Mankato Read more →

In same-sex marriage case, Scalia turned out to be prescient

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 2:59 PM Feb 26, 2014
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Justice Antonin Scalia turned out to be right when he predicted in the court’s decision striking down the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act that it would lead to judges striking down state bans on same-sex marriage. Read more →

When Air Force One visits

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 1:23 PM Feb 26, 2014
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What do other airliners do when Air Force One is in the area? They go around in circles over Eau Claire and Redwood Falls. Read more →

Weather

The snow swimmers of Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 12:48 PM Feb 26, 2014
2

Swimming in the snow? Read more →

Metric is Minnesota’s favorite band? Really?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 12:20 PM Feb 26, 2014
5

Minnesota is a local music state, dude. We reject your uncool mapping. Read more →

The fortune in the backyard

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 11:20 AM Feb 26, 2014
7

A Nevada couple found $10 million worth of gold coins buried in their backyard. It’s the biggest haul of gold coins ever. Read more →

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