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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

Minnesota’s happily unemployed (5×8 – 8/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2012, 7:22 AM Aug 9, 2012
12

Stanley Crooks speaks, is hitting ‘like’ on Facebook free speech, menstruating women and camping, order a TV and get a gun, and the Hudson crash and warning signs.

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Who should help Minnesotans after disasters? (5×8 – 8/8/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2012, 7:35 AM Aug 8, 2012
16

Who’ll help the Northland, why broadcasters can’t refuse offensive ads, one small step for the ‘Mohawk guy,’ happiness and the geeky kid, and pin collecting at the Olympics.

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Five by 8

Hey, classical music is only human (5×8 – 8/7/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 7, 2012, 7:35 AM Aug 7, 2012
2

A musical assault on muggers, good morning Mars, reunited brothers in North Dakota, science and the traffic light

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The things we do right (5×8 – 8/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2012, 6:52 AM Aug 6, 2012
2

The lure of human achievement, special education, the headache that won’t go away, Duluth to Duluth via the Great Lakes, and the MP3 olympics.

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Unleashing smart people (5×8 – 8/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2012, 7:20 AM Aug 3, 2012
5

Lessons from the LED bulb, waiting on Mars, aiming low for happiness, return of the photo booth, and the shelf cloud.

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The soldiers’ quilter (5×8 – 8/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2012, 7:38 AM Aug 2, 2012
11

Sewing for soldiers, a new direction in treating mental illness, tax-free gold for Olympians, the bad grammar debate, and the happiness experiment.

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Five by 8

The bridge collapse at 5 (5×8 – 8/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2012, 7:33 AM Aug 1, 2012
5

The bearers of bad news, the death of intellect, people doing good, politics religion and business, and now this message from winter.

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Five by 8

Achieving dreams (5×8 – 7/31/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 31, 2012, 7:15 AM Jul 31, 2012
11

From Itasca to New Orleans, the dream of infinite flight, where was God in Aurora, was chivalry ever alive, and the wireless generation.

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The Colorado shootings (5×8 – 7/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 7:04 AM Jul 20, 2012
21

Did life imitate art, Franken and Davis minus Davis, reporters in campaign ads, remembering the Hjemkomst voyage, and the Airstream mentality.

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The women who ‘have it all’ (5×8 – 7/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2012, 7:38 AM Jul 19, 2012
23

Does having it all require money, the Olympic mom, the sons of the Kent State generation at Penn State, when the water recedes in Duluth, and another look at the Boy Scout decision.

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Five by 8

Write your own obit (5×8 – 7/18/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2012, 7:29 AM Jul 18, 2012
17

Getting the last word, the land of the weather wimps, the simpler times weren’t that simple, why they call it the Big 10, and next month’s seven minutes of terror on Mars.

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Cities v. Suburbs (5×8 – 7/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2012, 7:42 AM Jul 17, 2012
4

A victory for the urbanist ideal? Biking for Baseball hits Minneapolis, Zen of the town pool, the life of a mayfly, and what hath Tommy John wrought?

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When it’s time to give up (5×8 – 7/16/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2012, 6:40 AM Jul 16, 2012
10

The business of intervening in teen violence, a week of fire, are we changing our attitudes about our lawns, tugs on TV, and the Color Run up close.

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The hardest job in journalism (5×8 – 7/13/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2012, 7:40 AM Jul 13, 2012
8

Backlash from the ballpark, was your Yahoo password stolen, group hug in Fergus Falls, the way we really are and that Goyte song, and sunset in Laporte.

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Five by 8

The fall and rise of Jeff Dubay (5×8 – 7/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 12, 2012, 7:35 AM Jul 12, 2012

Fall of a media star, where is Bob Dylan’s guitar, taking bullying seriously, dispatches from ‘planet parenthood,’ and books that self destruct.

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