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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.

Five by 8

It’s all in the mind (Five by 8 – 8/17/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 6:50 AM Aug 17, 2010
6

The class of 2014 isn’t like us, the mosque issue isn’t really about a mosque, do you have the right to fly a flag, the plastic bag movie, and the Anoka salad shooter.

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MoveOn.org in new attack on Target-MN Forward donation

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 4:16 PM Aug 16, 2010
10

This video has surfaced on YouTube in the last 24 hours in the continuing controversy over Target Corporation’s donation to MN Forward.

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Images released of Sen. Stevens crash site

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 4:02 PM Aug 16, 2010

The National Transportation Safety Board this afternoon released images from the site of the plane crash last week that claimed the life of Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.

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A walk around the mosque’s neighborhood

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 1:48 PM Aug 16, 2010
8

Is the area around the World Trade Center ‘sacred ground’?

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Death of a conservative icon

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 11:26 AM Aug 16, 2010
1

James. J. Kilpatrick is remembered by many people for the line he never uttered.

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Walking away from a plane crash

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 10:58 AM Aug 16, 2010
1

What are the odds of surviving an airliner crash, as all but one person did in Colombia today?

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Pastor finds new way to praise after cancer steals his voice

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 10:41 AM Aug 16, 2010

If your passion and mission in life requires a voice, what do you do when you lose it?

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Five by 8

The mosque issue (Five by 8 – 8/16/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 7:25 AM Aug 16, 2010
10

The issue that won’t go away, how money is buying justice, would you unplug for a week, where’s Peter Sagal, and renting a bike in Minneapolis.

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Weather

The nightmare is over

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2010, 8:21 AM Aug 15, 2010

Even though it probably announces the beginning of the end of summer, Sunday morning brought the long-awaited, refreshing, low-humidity, you-can-do-anything convincing cool air to the Upper Midwest.

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Fall of a folk hero

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2010, 8:14 AM Aug 15, 2010
1

The most illuminating part of the video is it shows the plane at the gate, not sitting out on the tarmac. He simply couldn’t walked off the plane the way normal people do.

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Obama and the mosque

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 14, 2010, 10:14 AM Aug 14, 2010
3

President Obama waded into the controversy over whether Muslims should be allowed to attend a mosque of their choosing.

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The week-in-review quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 12:51 PM Aug 13, 2010
27

This week, the quiz includes prizes. Sort of.

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Weather

Weather photo of the day

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 11:42 AM Aug 13, 2010
2

The only thing missing from this photo is Charlton Heston.

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Toilet paper wars

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 10:38 AM Aug 13, 2010
1

Are you tired of the endless babble over ads in the gubernatorial campaign? Fine, let’s focus on some important commercial advertising.

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Five by 8

The lure of lightning (Five by 8: 8/13/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2010, 6:47 AM Aug 13, 2010
6

The aerial campfire, how birth order affects you, Rubik’s Cube in 20 moves, and the fastest pastor in Redwood Falls.

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