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Home resale prices drop in Twin Cities

Bob Collins October 26, 2010, 8:53 AM Oct 26, 2010

A four-month streak of rising resale prices for homes in the Twin Cities has ended.

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Five by 8

Daily Show on NPR (5×8 – 10/26/10)

Bob Collins October 26, 2010, 7:22 AM Oct 26, 2010

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The policy against saying something interesting, the hidden life of guns, will we have pen pals in the next generation, what we can learn from Death of a Salesman, and the death of Paul the octopus.

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Dad and ‘the talk’

Bob Collins October 25, 2010, 2:28 PM Oct 25, 2010

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Researcher says young women wanted more information from Dad about sex.

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Fallows on why NPR matters

Bob Collins October 25, 2010, 12:02 PM Oct 25, 2010

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The Atlantic columnist takes on critics of the public broadcasting network.

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Scientists and engineers who dance

Bob Collins October 25, 2010, 11:47 AM Oct 25, 2010

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A video of a ‘flash mob’ at the U of M.

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Einstein and the frequent flier

Bob Collins October 25, 2010, 11:33 AM Oct 25, 2010

Frequent fliers may age faster than those who keep their feet on terra firma.

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Five by 8

It was 8 years ago today (5×8 – 10/25/10)

Bob Collins October 25, 2010, 7:17 AM Oct 25, 2010

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Opening the Wellstone file, to have and have not for retirees, even more Juan Williams fallout, the common thread of the world, and puppies!

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The shadow of Air Force One

Bob Collins October 24, 2010, 10:13 AM Oct 24, 2010

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When Air Force One is in the area, everything else stops.

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On friendship

Bob Collins October 23, 2010, 9:33 AM Oct 23, 2010

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It’s the weekend and News Cut rules dictate that the weekend features only positive and inspiring material.

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After Juan Williams

Bob Collins October 23, 2010, 7:55 AM Oct 23, 2010

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There probably isn’t a newsroom in America — certainly not a public broadcasting newsroom — that isn’t having a conversation about what its journalists can say.

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Grounded

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 4:40 PM Oct 22, 2010

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The skies will be mostly quiet when President Obama visits the area on Saturday.

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Farming 101

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 3:16 PM Oct 22, 2010

Not all kids are leaving the family farm.

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Surveys and trivia

Timewasters: News in the social media age

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 1:38 PM Oct 22, 2010

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A spoof on social networking taken to the extreme.

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What is fact-based analysis?

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 10:08 AM Oct 22, 2010

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The Juan Williams story continues to fester across Planet Public Radio.

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Five by 8

The brighter side of a bad economy (5×8 – 10/22/10)

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 7:25 AM Oct 22, 2010

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Does a bad economy keep more kids alive, learning landlording, the face of the construction sector, verdict reached in Juan Williams case, and mysteries of the back seat.

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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Home resale prices drop in Twin Cities

Daily Show on NPR (5×8 – 10/26/10)

Dad and ‘the talk’

Fallows on why NPR matters

Scientists and engineers who dance

Einstein and the frequent flier

It was 8 years ago today (5×8 – 10/25/10)

The shadow of Air Force One

On friendship

After Juan Williams

Grounded

Farming 101

Timewasters: News in the social media age

What is fact-based analysis?

The brighter side of a bad economy (5×8 – 10/22/10)