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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

The wild (Mid)west (5×9:30 – 10/19/12)

Nate Minor October 19, 2012, 9:30 AM Oct 19, 2012

Dangerously high winds, unmasking a troll, getting outside, the locked-out Minnesota Orchestra Musicians perform, and this year’s hot Halloween costume.

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Five by 8

Where’s your Elyria? (5×8 – 10/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2012, 7:30 AM Oct 17, 2012
7

This land, is your coffee pot watching you, the gasoline price question, it still gets better, and the dream of flight.

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Seimone Augustus and the same-sex marriage ban (5×8 – 10/16/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2012, 7:04 AM Oct 16, 2012
28

The conscience of pro athletes, the racists of American politics, on George McGovern, should the Twins trade Joe Mauer, and weed dating.

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Five by 8

Beauty in the aftermath of horror (5×8 – 10/15/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2012, 7:56 AM Oct 15, 2012
8

Important lessons from the families in the Minneapolis shooting rampage, what’s in a name in Quebec, the jump from space… in Legos, Minnesota’s harvest, and how Michael Jackson rolls.

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The winner of last night’s debate: One moderator and three girls (5×8 – 10/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2012, 7:45 AM Oct 12, 2012
5

Why we should listen to kids, traveling the country with offers to help, the future of marriage, our disgraceful past, and facing reality in our schools.

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The yearbook and the risk of suicide (5×8 – 10/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2012, 7:32 AM Oct 11, 2012
9

The contagion threat, clear eyes and full hearts on the campaign trail, the joy of not having kids, ready, fire, aim, and if you can’t honor a 91-year-old waitress, who can you honor?

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Why is there a ‘skills gap’? (5×8 – 10/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2012, 7:20 AM Oct 10, 2012
13

Maybe you should be a welder, the lip synced debate, Livingston meets DeGeneres, stop-and-frisk caught on video, and the day in the marriage-ban debate.

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‘Some time the hating has to stop’ (5×8 – 10/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2012, 7:15 AM Oct 9, 2012
13

End of the line for the ‘Railway Man,’ why gays can’t march in Anoka, pills for performance in school, ‘and no religion, too,’ and a day in the life of the Minnesota mental health system.

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Media and mental health (5×8 -10/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2012, 7:20 AM Oct 5, 2012
8

When media lead the way, what if the economy is as good as it gets, after the Minneapolis shooting, debate postscript, and that ‘nice’ thing.

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A divided church? (5×8 – 10/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 3, 2012, 7:25 AM Oct 3, 2012
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Walking out of church, the presidential debate, Leonardo’s Basement, why sports teams charge groups to sing the National Anthem, and why life isn’t a Hollywood movie.

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When to talk gun control? (5×8 – 10/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2012, 7:10 AM Oct 2, 2012
8

Media navel gazing in wake of Minneapolis shooting, when neutral is taking a position, the bike matador of Minneapolis, that’s one for the ‘band kids,’ and throwing the book at airline passengers.

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Krulwich apologizes (5×8 – 10/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 7:30 AM Oct 1, 2012
8

More ‘yellow rain’ fallout, should we disconnect, the same-sex marriage debate, designing cities for people, and moose calling in the Superior National Forest.

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Murder by proxy (5×8 – 9/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 7:12 AM Sep 28, 2012
6

Myths of workplace violence, where public education campaigns fail, a second chance to quiz alleged racist remarks, civil conversations, and it helps to have friends.

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When can gays speak for themselves? (5×8 – 9/27/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2012, 7:24 AM Sep 27, 2012
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The messaging in the same-sex marriage campaign, when people do good… and bad, an ungrateful nation, the Boogaard’s lawsuit, and dead or dormant.

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How’d you get your job? (5×8 – 9/26/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2012, 7:04 AM Sep 26, 2012
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The online job board scam, how a culture changes, it takes a community to respond to bullies, turn out the lights in downtown Saint Paul, and is the caterwauling over NFL referees gone too far?

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