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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

The day Baby Face Nelson came to Brainerd

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 7:40 AM May 31, 2013
7

Coincidence and the shootout, is class rank outdated, the Marines lose a hot meal, the New York Times gets taken, and the Boston Strong concert.

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Five by 8

The new NewsCut (5×8 – 5/30/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 30, 2013, 7:30 AM May 30, 2013
22

Blog housekeeping, is reading or math more important, the people who disappear, what might have been for Bachmann, and paying it back.

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Five by 8

Whatever it takes to win (5×8 – 5/29/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2013, 7:18 AM May 29, 2013
17

Youth sports and the old days, just another day at the high school, the air traffic controller tin cup, the suspicious NYT account of an emergency landing, and Michele Bachmann by the numbers.

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Five by 8

Welcome to the job search (5×8 – 5/28/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2013, 7:43 AM May 28, 2013
3

Why education won’t pay the bills, waiting on the Supreme Court, remembering the Y2K bug, the death of Gene Burns, and Gooseberry Falls in 10 seconds.

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Five by 8

The three-day weekend and forgotten holidays (5×8 – 5/27/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 27, 2013, 7:20 AM May 27, 2013
3

A day to forget, a house is just a house, how parents and big money ruins kids’ sports, advice for the grads, and Todd Hoffner speaks.

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Five by 8

The stuff we throw away (5×8 – 5/24/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2013, 7:06 AM May 24, 2013
9

Trashology in Duluth, behind school suspensions, after the fire in South St. Paul, the end of the apostrophe, and music for the locked-out soul.

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Five by 8

Postcards from the security state (5×8 – 5/23/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2013, 7:08 AM May 23, 2013
3

Show us your papers, the fallout from the vaccine scare, what Zach left behind, the Legacy debate, and Moorhead owners push back,

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Five by 8

What happened in the basement? (5×8 – 5/22/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2013, 7:10 AM May 22, 2013
10

Minneapolis and police department transparency, the people who go to work when a tornado hits, Timberwolves math, the new voice of NPR, and coffins the old-fashioned way.

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Five by 8

Tornado shows value of media’s weather obsession (5×8 – 5/21/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2013, 7:43 AM May 21, 2013
3

Getting it right, after Joplin and north Minneapolis, the Legislature as a reflection of us, Moorhead homeowners are on their own for the next flood, and GI Joe plays baseball.

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Five by 8

Pumping the earth dry (5×8 – 5/20/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2013, 7:35 AM May 20, 2013
3

The new Dust Bowl, when people care for people, comedy and the era of same-sex weddings, the best part of going to a Twins game is watching an old movie, and the land of Tonka.

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Five by 8

Threat to soldiers: lenders (5×8 – 5/17/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2013, 6:55 AM May 17, 2013
4

The loan racket, race and mass shootings, sharing the road, a welcome home, and haircuts for hugs.

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Five by 8

Can time pass history by? (5×8 – 5/16/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 7:35 AM May 16, 2013
11

History is a young person’s game, the gas price game, the Texas tornadoes, the poop detectives, and opening day for the Saints.

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Five by 8

The end of the Minnesota ice age (5×8 – 5/15/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2013, 7:18 AM May 15, 2013
18

So long, winter; the unanswered question of the marriage debate, a free press v. the United States, the reviews are in for the new Vikings stadium, and The Podium closes.

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Five by 8

How to spy on reporters (5×8 – 5/14/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2013, 7:20 AM May 14, 2013
15

The threat of a well-informed citizenry, the great Minneapolis parking debate, raw milk showdown, is there some right to go really fast, and veterans are still killing themselves.

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Derek Boogaard and the NHL’s cone of silence (5×8 – 5/13/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2013, 7:02 AM May 13, 2013
11

Boogaard family sues NHL, return of vinyl, the people on the street, more on the ice attacks, and another space odyssey.

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