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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

The acceptable risk of isolation (5×8 – 7/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 7:20 AM Jul 11, 2012
6

The Boundary Waters way, shrugging at corruption, two ‘shades of grey’ in library conundrum, the most famous knee in Minnesota, and return of a Fargo TV personality.

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Five by 8

The declining behavior at town ball (5×8 – 7/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 7:37 AM Jul 10, 2012
15

Foul territory in rural Minnesota, misleading presidential polls, prisoners of our own culture, battle of the naked Wisconsinites, and skipping stones in Sun Valley.

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Hazel’s perspective (5×8 – 7/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 7:03 AM Jul 9, 2012
2

When a 100-year-old-woman loses her home, laid down and wiped away, the passion of Monday-Friday, hunters and their deer-stand mansions, and a light approach to suicide.

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End of the boy culture? (5×8 – 7/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2012, 7:18 AM Jul 6, 2012
5

Where boys don’t fit in, why do you do this, the smoking ban report card, the medal hunter, and just sing the song.

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People doing good (5×8 – 7/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 5, 2012, 7:05 AM Jul 5, 2012
5

The people of Prescott, the dirt we’re breathing, when rules are rules, guerrilla gardening in Fargo, and Marilyn visits the IHOP.

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A day in the life of a warming planet (5×8 – 7/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2012, 7:30 AM Jul 3, 2012
20

A postcard from winter, word of the day: Derecho, the gay anchor, the drive-in, and the worst in workplace jargon.

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Billboard backlash (5×8 – 7/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 7:10 AM Jul 2, 2012
13

Another look at the Un-Fair campaign, a quick jog around the world, the flood runner of Duluth, are family vacations worth it, the end of the AC throttle.

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The ‘why’ of Duluth (5×8 – 6/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2012, 7:02 AM Jun 28, 2012
11

Civil engineering – Duluth style, and old man behind the most popular blog today, who is ‘Catholic,’ hot enough for you, and rock paper robot.

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Out of the local news business (5×8 – 6/27/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2012, 7:15 AM Jun 27, 2012
20

What if there’s no local news, the future of Car Talk considered, it’s not the heat it’s the fire, shock value in a Minneapolis killing, and what Nora Ephron misses and doesn’t miss.

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The art of parenting (5×8 – 6/26/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2012, 7:33 AM Jun 26, 2012
6

Dispatches from ‘Planet Parenthood,’ after the floods, NPR’s Muslim ‘extremist’ story, the dead trees of Northfield, and the right to swear in public.

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Young v. old (5×8 – 6/25/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 25, 2012, 7:12 AM Jun 25, 2012
11

The widening of the generation gap, how much kindness is too much kindness, is downtown Minneapolis safe, rosary or jewelry, and the end of the line for a great tortoise.

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Don’t insult someone holding a knitting needle (5×8 – 6/22/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2012, 7:37 AM Jun 22, 2012
10

Knitting an Olympic-sized controversy, not everything of value has a price tag, Kenny Markiewicz’ wild ride, the dark side of the bus monitor story, and the faces behind the flag.

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Nobody died (5×8 – 6/21/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 7:25 AM Jun 21, 2012
20

Picking up in Duluth, the jobless recovery, the jobs we do, the Neiman-Lanpher snit remembered, and 21 images to restore your faith in humanity.

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Flooding: Is it corn’s fault? (5×8 – 6/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 7:27 AM Jun 20, 2012
19

Do Minnesota’s weather woes come from Nebraska, hockey backtracks on its efforts to make the sport safer, the impact of the government worker, buying black, and the lights over Lapland.

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Five by 8

Happy Juneteenth (5×8 – 6/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 7:11 AM Jun 19, 2012
10

Freedom Day, living the buddy-system way, encounter with a homeless man, Minds Interrupted, a question of priorities in West Fargo, and how a bucket list can kill you.

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