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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2015

Politics

Fargo lawmaker outed after gay discrimination vote

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2015, 8:00 AM Apr 28, 2015
34

In retaliation for a vote against including gays in anti-discrimination legislation, a Fargo politician has been outed by a man who says he recognized Rep. Randy Boehning from a gay dating smartphone app, the Fargo Forum reports today. Read more →

Crime and Justice · War

Mpls. councilman blasts ‘fear mongering’ Norm Coleman

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2015, 6:25 AM Apr 28, 2015
6

Abdi Warsame ridiculed ex-Sen. Norm Coleman’s assertion that the large Somali community in the state could lead to “the land of 10,000 terrorists.” Read more →

Drone video from Nepal

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 1:50 PM Apr 27, 2015
2

This drone video of Nepal, photographed and posted to Facebook by Kishor Rana today, raises a question we’ve often asked when recovering from a disaster.

Where do you start? Read more →

People doing good

Minnesotans unwelcoming? Tell it to Shonda

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 12:47 PM Apr 27, 2015
3

If there’s one constant in Minnesota, it’s the debate over whether we’re a welcoming people.

It’s hard to make friends here, the theory goes. We’re a little cold and a little distant and you can grow old waiting for an invitation to dinner from the neighbors.

Tell it to Shonda. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Health

Court tosses defamation suit in psych hospital incident

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 10:46 AM Apr 27, 2015
0

The Minnesota Court of Appeals Monday tossed out a lawsuit from a former doctor at the St. Peter psychiatric hospital who argued that an MPR investigation on the treatment of patients there was based on state data that should’ve been private. Read more →

War

Remembering Vietnam: A week when ‘it all fell apart’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 9:43 AM Apr 27, 2015
3

It’s Vietnam week, the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Read more →

People doing good

Cop drives across country to be Superman for a sick kid

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 9:07 AM Apr 27, 2015
0

You never know how the Internet can inspire people to help.
Read more →

Sports

At 72, Hanna Elshoff goes for a two-year bike ride

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 8:05 AM Apr 27, 2015
0

This message from your ‘bucket list’: Time is fleeting. Get moving. Read more →

Economy

Can Iron Range build an economy not driven by mining?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 6:03 AM Apr 27, 2015
8

The Iron Range has always been the land of boom times and bust, but the country is full of decaying cities where people once waited for a bust to end and the status quo to return. Read more →

What the Everest avalanche looked like

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2015, 7:30 PM Apr 26, 2015
2

Jost Kobusch, a German mountaineer attempting to climb Everest, apparently started filming when the ground started shaking at his Everest base camp. Read more →

Politics

Obama’s stand-up routine

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2015, 9:21 AM Apr 26, 2015
3

The White House Correspondents Dinner is the traditional venue for a president to try out his comedic chops, sometimes to limited results.

Today, however, President Obama is getting decent reviews for his performance. Which is a switch. Read more →

Sports

There is too crying in baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2015, 5:06 PM Apr 24, 2015
3

You know what word every parent wants to hear one time before they die? ‘Thanks.’

Brian Peterson of Nebraska, a Massachusetts native, got his wish on Monday from his three daughters, whom he raised after his wife — their mom, of course — died from cervical cancer. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Education

At prom time, a call to get back to basics

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2015, 3:26 PM Apr 24, 2015
5

The Washington Post reports today that a recent study from a credit card company revealed that the average prom costs $919 a couple, with $324 going toward the ‘promposal.’ Read more →

Economy

So you want to be an airline pilot. Why?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2015, 12:56 PM Apr 24, 2015
8

How much should the person at the front of your airplane be making? Read more →

Sports

Age takes a bite out of town-ball tradition

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2015, 11:08 AM Apr 24, 2015
9

One of these days I’m going to spend summer nights in Minnesota communities where town ball is still a thing, I often say to myself at roughly this time every year. Maybe I better hurry up. Read more →

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