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NewsCut

MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

Hospitals in the news

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 10:48 AM Dec 22, 2010
2

The category du jour is ‘hospitals.’ We are not wanting for items in the news

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Five by 8

Judging Pawlenty (5×8 – 12/22/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2010, 7:05 AM Dec 22, 2010
19

The governor’s victory lap, burglars at the bank, a spaceship to the sun, why kids don’t have the fun of snow days, and the worst Christmas card you’ll ever see.

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Historic downturn in teen pregnancies

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 4:14 PM Dec 21, 2010
3

But a third of teens surveyed said if pregnancy is going to happen, it’s going to happen.

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The mother of online news

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 2:34 PM Dec 21, 2010
2

MJ Bear was one of the first people to recognize that journalism and the Web were made for each other, and that public media was uniquely qualified to prove it.

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Court tees up a loss for injured golfer

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 2:03 PM Dec 21, 2010

The New York State Court of Appeals has ruled that a golfer who doesn’t yell ‘fore’ is not liable for the damage his shot causes.

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Catholics and condoms

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 1:20 PM Dec 21, 2010
11

The Vatican has clarified Pope Benedict XVI ‘s comments on the use of condoms.

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Census live

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 10:44 AM Dec 21, 2010
4

Live-blogging the unveiling of the census data, which showed Minnesota will not lose any congressional representation.

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Five by 8

A call to charity (5×8-12/21/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2010, 7:21 AM Dec 21, 2010
3

Year-round Santas, what killed the Christmas card, the eclipse, Shaq conducts an orchestra, and the math behind the headlines.

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Weather

Take our snow! Please?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 4:45 PM Dec 20, 2010
2

Do we have enough snow in Minnesota to provide a white Christmas for the rest of the world?

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The redistricting game

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 2:14 PM Dec 20, 2010

By this time tomorrow, we’ll know whether Minnesota is losing one of its eight congressional seats.

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Are you ready for some snowball?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 2:03 PM Dec 20, 2010
1

Don’t dress for football. Dress for a snowball fight.

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Cop walks in on robbery

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 1:43 PM Dec 20, 2010
3

Five things to notice in a store’s security camera that captured a confrontation between police and an apparent robber.

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The woman cut in half

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 12:00 PM Dec 20, 2010

Janis Ollson of Manitoba, underwent a surgery that had never been performed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester before.

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Politics and the 9/11 first responder

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 10:45 AM Dec 20, 2010
5

Even if Congress should pass legislation, good luck to some 9/11 workers trying to get help from it. It seems it’s always been that way with 9/11. An apparent end of a battle, is actually only the beginning of another.

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The mystery of the radioactive computer monitor

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2010, 9:17 AM Dec 20, 2010
2

An airport was closed because someone checked a computer monitor as baggage. Who travels with a computer monitor?

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