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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.

Flight 188: The explanation

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2009, 2:08 PM Oct 26, 2009
30

The pilots were on their personal laptops when they should’ve been flying the airplane, the NTSB said today.

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Profile of an artist

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2009, 12:31 PM Oct 26, 2009

In New York, an artist took a short helicopter ride, and is spending the week sketching the entire city skyline from memory.

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Luxury airline flight? Dream on.

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2009, 12:08 PM Oct 26, 2009
1

Boeing unveiled a model of what an interior of its newest jet might look like:

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Five at 8 – 10/26/09: How the drug companies blew the flu vaccine

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2009, 7:20 AM Oct 26, 2009
10

Still think H1N1 is overblown? The secret to a long marriage. Why are hunting exploits front-page news? Thinking positively. So long, Lou Jacobi.

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Pilots’ story may surface on Monday

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 25, 2009, 8:07 PM Oct 25, 2009

Two Northwest Airlines pilots explained to the NTSB on Sunday why they overshoot their Minneapolis destination.

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The Northwest jokes

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 25, 2009, 11:14 AM Oct 25, 2009

We’ve had the official explanation, now it’s up to the comedians to provide the context.

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Pilots of Flight 188 had plenty of chance to rest

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2009, 9:47 AM Oct 24, 2009

The pilots of the wayward Northwest Airlines flight had 17 hours of rest time.

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The ‘what if’ scenario

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2009, 7:22 PM Oct 23, 2009

Flight 188 was the first significant test of the U.S. air defense structure since 9/11. We failed.

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Flight 188 pilot denies he was asleep

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2009, 7:20 PM Oct 23, 2009

‘I can assure you none of us was asleep,’ First Officer Richard I. Cole told ABC News.

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Sleeping seen as more likely explanation for Flight 188

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2009, 3:47 PM Oct 23, 2009
3

Few talking heads are buying the “cockpit argument” excuse for the Northwest flight that missed its Minneapolis destination.

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Flight 188: Making it add up

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2009, 11:22 AM Oct 23, 2009
30

The military’s reasons for not intercepting a potential threat to Minneapolis suggests a delay in determining there was one.

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Five at 8 – 9/23/09: Your first Internet moments

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2009, 6:55 AM Oct 23, 2009
8

Happy birthday to the Internet, the man who puts other people’s words in his mouth, chickens most fowl, your money or your brother, and night lights in Minneapolis.

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Tales from the flight deck

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2009, 2:19 PM Oct 22, 2009
37

A Northwest Airlines flight crew was so busy fighting Wednesday night that they missed the Minneapolis St. Paul airport.

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Predicting the flu

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2009, 1:37 PM Oct 22, 2009
2

There appears to be no reliable historical context for what’s going on.

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The cancer question

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2009, 11:07 AM Oct 22, 2009

Do cancer survival rates prove the need for health care reform?

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