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Ethics in baseball

Bob Collins September 16, 2010, 4:06 PM Sep 16, 2010

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Is Derek Jeter a cheater? Or just a savvy sports hero?

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Troubled waters at the U

Bob Collins September 16, 2010, 1:02 PM Sep 16, 2010

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The Twin Cities Daily Planet raises questions about a conflict of interest in the pulling of a film that might be embarrassing to big agriculture.

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Tea Party: Come for the anti-taxes, stay for the social issues

Bob Collins September 16, 2010, 11:40 AM Sep 16, 2010

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The Tea Party is heading for a civil war. The only question is whether it occurs before it sweeps into power in November, as some political experts seem to be suggesting.

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Who should be included in political debates?

Bob Collins September 16, 2010, 11:04 AM Sep 16, 2010

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One of the hardest decisions for news organizations which sponsor candidate debates is setting a bar for how a candidate qualifies to be included. It’s one of the reasons a lot of news organizations don’t bother sponsoring debates, anymore; it’s a no-win situation.

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Five by 8

You are: The kite-flying guy (Five by 8 – 9/16/10)

Bob Collins September 16, 2010, 7:27 AM Sep 16, 2010

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What’s wrong with flying a kite, the pricelessness of concerned citizens, criminals in Yankee hats, public radio food fight, and name the last insightful comment that came out of a professional sports locker room.

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School mandates hit list

Bob Collins September 15, 2010, 4:14 PM Sep 15, 2010

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When politicians talk about reducing state mandates on schools, which ones are they talking about?

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What is the role of Minnesota government?

Bob Collins September 15, 2010, 2:22 PM Sep 15, 2010

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Does the Minnesota Constitution provide significant answers to what government should provide?

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Religion’s influence

Bob Collins September 15, 2010, 12:22 PM Sep 15, 2010

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More people are saying religion is losing its influence on American life. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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Weather

Duluth is 2nd worst weather city

Bob Collins September 15, 2010, 11:57 AM Sep 15, 2010

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Do we hate our winter weather more than we love being known for our terrible winter weather?

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Death of a language cop

Bob Collins September 15, 2010, 10:39 AM Sep 15, 2010

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There was a time in the broadcast news business when an editor could earn a lot of respect by preventing a wayward reporter from splitting an infinitive. Those days are gone, so maybe even people in newsrooms won’t know who Edwin Newman was.

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Five by 8

Hand holding and the medical student (Five by 8 – 9/15/10)

Bob Collins September 15, 2010, 7:03 AM Sep 15, 2010

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Why do some medical students think doctors shouldn’t hold patients’ hands? Dancing his way back from the earthquake in Haiti, the faces of the homeless, inside the jets of the rich, how to photograph a nuclear bomb, and the Eden Prairie kid and the no-hands mouse.

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