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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2015

Sports

MN high school honors opponent with mid-field tribute

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2015, 6:10 AM Oct 26, 2015
1

There are worse ways to start a week than a little high school sportsmanship. Check out what the Renville County West football team found when it traveled to rival Cleveland, Minn. Read more →

Sports

KG’s touching tribute to Flip

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 25, 2015, 5:17 PM Oct 25, 2015
2

Kevin Garnett and Flip Saunders were joined at the hip in the NBA. This afternoon, KG posted this picture on his Facebook page with the caption “forever in my heart.” Update 7:11p Stephon Marbury’s tribute: My heart and all of my love goes out to Flip Saunders Family as your leader leaves this earth in Read more →

Arts & Culture

What’s wrong with ‘NPR voice?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2015, 2:22 PM Oct 24, 2015
20

As long as radio survives, many Americans will get to enjoy a favorite pastime of media — critiquing voices coming out of their transistor.
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Sports

The little horse that couldn’t but did anyway

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2015, 9:28 AM Oct 24, 2015
3

My grandfather — I didn’t really know all that well — was a horse man.

Well into his 70s, he was a harness racer on the small-town tracks that dotted upstate New York, living out of a truck for a good share of the year, as I recall. Read more →

Education · Sports

Iron Range football team tries to change lives

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2015, 2:09 PM Oct 23, 2015
4

Today’s must-read story comes from the Iron Range, where the Star Tribune this afternoon unveiled a wonderful story about the football team at Mesabi Range College.
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Science

Parachuting beavers

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2015, 11:40 AM Oct 23, 2015
9

There’s big news on the history-of-beavers beat today. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Who killed Al the alpaca?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2015, 10:09 AM Oct 23, 2015
1

Unlike Cecil the lion, shot by a Bloomington dentist in Zimbabwe last summer, causing an international uproar, Al the alpaca went pretty quietly. His death, however, deserves at least equal attention in Dassel, Minn. Read more →

The good dog

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2015, 9:25 AM Oct 23, 2015
4

The gift of a man’s best friend endures. Read more →

Education

Why calling slaves ‘workers’ matters

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2015, 6:38 AM Oct 23, 2015
9

In Houston, student Coby Burren was taken aback by a caption in a chapter on immigration in his geography textbook recently. In a map of the United States it said the Atlantic slave trade brought “millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations.” Read more →

Economy

Edina: Tax increase is Total Wine’s fault

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 3:34 PM Oct 22, 2015
36

The mayor of Edina says taxes are going up in his community because people aren’t buying as much booze at the city’s liquor store. Read more →

Crime and Justice

The grave robbers of Hastings

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 2:37 PM Oct 22, 2015
6

It doesn’t cost that much to buy a pot of mums, so why are people stealing them from a grave in Hastings? Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

Libraries ‘trash tweet’ in baseball playoff rivalry

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 11:46 AM Oct 22, 2015
3

There’s little more tiring than the cliched ‘bet’ between politicians in cities involved in postseason play in sports.

But librarians? That’s an entirely different story. They understand the art of a rivalry.
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Politics

Live video: Clinton testifies about Benghazi

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 9:18 AM Oct 22, 2015
8

Chair Trey Gowdy opened with a blistering attack on Clinton and Democrats, which suggests if nothing else, the hearing will provide plenty of rhetorical entertainment.
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Arts & Culture

What’s the big deal with Dunkin’?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 9:12 AM Oct 22, 2015
52

Unless you understand the happiness derived from low expectations, you’re probably not going to like it, Minnesota. But the rest of us? We long to return to the brand of our youth, sip flavored water, eat a cardboard doughnut and proclaim to you that it’s heaven. Read more →

Weather

Autumn by air

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 8:01 AM Oct 22, 2015
1

With heavy rain due here on Friday, drone videos might be the only way we’ll see Minnesota’s fall colors shortly.
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