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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2014

Five by 8

Secrets of the Vatican, the great mailbox standoff, and the new Skymiles (5×8 – 2/26/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 7:38 AM Feb 26, 2014
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Frontline ‘kneecaps’ the Vatican, it’s clear-your-mailbox season but what if you can’t, Delta scraps the old frequent flier program, where are the women in media, and recovering from the Arrowhead 135. Read more →

Cancer, a burned-out home, and the blessings of friends

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2014, 12:59 PM Feb 25, 2014
14

A reminder that when it comes to cancer, insurance companies still call the shots. Read more →

Sports

Baseball’s opening day a national holiday? Why not?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2014, 11:45 AM Feb 25, 2014
3

There’s an effort to get opening day named a national holiday. Read more →

Mass transit and the way we break racial, ethnic barriers

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2014, 11:24 AM Feb 25, 2014
0

There’s a new argument for more mass transit — an easing of racial tension.
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Five by 8

The state of sick hockey? (5×8 – 2/25/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2014, 7:18 AM Feb 25, 2014
15

Can a kid in Minnesota be a part-time hockey player, the medical marijuana issue at the Capitol, why is nobody answering at 911, the end of free TV, and the singing TV traffic guy. Read more →

Weather

Can Canada teach us how to remove snow?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2014, 12:43 PM Feb 24, 2014
26

Montreal gets a lot of snow and knows how to remove it efficiently from the streets. Can we learn something? Read more →

Too much ‘government’ and not enough ‘by the people’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2014, 12:18 PM Feb 24, 2014
1

In Dallas, the pols proposed a new rule. If you speak at a city council meeting, you can’t speak again — on any issue — for another 30 days.
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Crime and Justice

Court: Minnesota college towns can close neighborhoods to rentals

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2014, 10:37 AM Feb 24, 2014
14

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has given a boost to cities who want to keep neighborhoods from being taken over by college students.
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Five by 8

The state of snowplowing in the state (5×8 – 2/24/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2014, 6:58 AM Feb 24, 2014
14

Is plowing really worse now, the need for another miracle on ice, snowy owls and the selfish photographer, jumping through hoops for jobs, and thekilling of the Wisconsin labor union. Read more →

Sports

For enthusiasm, Hendricks should be Gymnasticstown USA

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 23, 2014, 1:59 PM Feb 23, 2014
2

Nothing against you personally, Warroad, but you’re not the only city in Minnesota with a little hometown pride when it comes to athletes in competition. You just get all the attention. In the tiny city of Hendricks yesterday, population about 700, about 80 people turned out at The Local, a restaurant in town, to watch Read more →

Sports

America likes a winner, turns its back on hockey women quickly

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2014, 9:09 AM Feb 22, 2014
5

“It’s not unsporting for athletes to cry when they come up short. But it is unsporting to chastise them for it.”
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Sports

It’s good to be Canada

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2014, 3:33 PM Feb 21, 2014
4

Yes, it’s hockey. But at least Canada is united on something. What about the U.S.? Read more →

If we acted drunk, would you become a member?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2014, 1:44 PM Feb 21, 2014
3

What’s public radio fundraising come to? Read more →

In mental health center fight, Golden Valley gets the black eye it deserves

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2014, 12:15 PM Feb 21, 2014
3

Golden Valley’s reaction to a proposed mental health center for kids was hateful, and shameful. Read more →

Weather

Stuck on a highway. What do you do?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2014, 11:30 AM Feb 21, 2014
1

You’re stuck on a highway going nowhere. What do you do? Wait it out, or do something like this? Cars are turning around in front of me on 394 and driving the wrong direction to escape the gridlock. pic.twitter.com/GWhjjvF7Hk — Chris Egert (@ChrisEgert) February 21, 2014 Three semi-trucks are blocking the road near I-94. This Read more →

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