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Oil spill at your desk

Bob Collins May 20, 2010, 1:57 PM May 20, 2010

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Live video of the Gulf oil spill.

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Al Franken and the definition of harassment

Bob Collins May 20, 2010, 1:33 PM May 20, 2010

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Sen. Al Franken introduced a bill today designed to protect gay and lesbian students from bullying at school. There was a moment in his conversation with MPR’s Cathy Wurzer this morning that caught some attention.

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Bars and the burning effigies

Bob Collins May 20, 2010, 1:15 PM May 20, 2010

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Bar patrons in West Allis, Wisc., are reportedly being investigated because they burned an effigy of President Barack Obama.

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Rand Paul and the race question he wouldn’t answer

Bob Collins May 20, 2010, 11:35 AM May 20, 2010

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The Tea Party member made an issue bigger than it should’ve been.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 5/20/10: Google comes to the Twin Ports

Bob Collins May 20, 2010, 7:36 AM May 20, 2010

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The magic of a girl named Google, an important question missing from today’s MPR poll, live video of the oil spill, Miukhtars’ birthday, and today’s reason to love the Internet.

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Bachmann vs. Twitter

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 4:11 PM May 19, 2010

A reporter’s mission to use Twitter to cover Michele Bachmann fails.

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Autism and divorce

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 3:50 PM May 19, 2010

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A study debunks the myth that 80% of marriages of parents of autistic children end in divorce.

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Too young for adventure?

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 3:05 PM May 19, 2010

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A 13-year old is trying to be the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest.

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Are some kids worth grieving over more than others?

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 1:03 PM May 19, 2010

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If gang members aren’t worth mourning, is there any hope of saving them?

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When it comes to kids, what are we thinking?

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 10:39 AM May 19, 2010

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The story of the father who put his son near a cougar at Como isn’t the only case of risking our children we see each day.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 5/19/10: Somebody’s poll is wrong

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 7:40 AM May 19, 2010

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What do polls tell us, Vietnam’s long shadow, Rochester’s anti-smoking crusade, what kids can tell us about the recession, and should wind turbines be banned outstate?

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Court: Minnesota can lock up sexually dangerous Native Americans

Bob Collins May 18, 2010, 3:34 PM May 18, 2010

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today ruled the state doesn’t have the authority to incarcerate Native Americas as sexually dangerous persons, but the court gave the state permission to do so.

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