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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

How passive voice killed off Joe Paterno in the papers (5×8 – 1/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 23, 2012
6

The Paterno blunder up close, Giffords’ goodbye video, solving suicide in northeast Minnesota, the return of Art Shanty, and stuff public radio listeners say

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Five by 8

The death of SOPA (5×8 – 1/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 6:54 AM Jan 20, 2012
11

Avatar power, why don’t you know your tax bracket; lights, camera, outrage; how a political party went broke; and what’s in the Cougar name?

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Five by 8

If there were no Internet (5×8 – 1/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 19, 2012
10

The next move in the SOPA debate, Packer proud, just deserts, who should own Nell the dog, and your daily Ricky.

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Desperation and a death on I-694 (5×8 – 1/18/2012)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 7:39 AM Jan 18, 2012
13

Suicide and shameful secrets, the changed soldiers of Iraq and Afghanistan, where do you get your news, the old gang at Target Center, and embracing winter.

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Chivalry is dead (5×8 – 1/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 17, 2012
6

Whatever happened to ‘women and children first,’ tough times in the wild; an orchestra, a viola, and a woman; how it’s all connected to the weather, and how the world might end.

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Dreaming dreams (5×8 – 1/16/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2012, 7:19 AM Jan 16, 2012
1

Does ‘the speech’ pass the test of time, putting the ‘awe’ in ‘awesome,’ the human side of scorn, delaying dreams, and the last week of Gary Eichten.

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North Dakota’s short-lived legend (5×8 – 1/13/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2012, 7:20 AM Jan 13, 2012
8

We’re from Minnesota. We’re here for your women. Plus: the skyway effect, the agony of defeat at Crashed Ice, a deadly ‘whoops’ in Chicago, and a toilet-paper-folding record.

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Five by 8

Marines who embarrass us (5×8 – 1/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 12, 2012
6

The few but not the proud, the neighborhood where Terrell died, treated like dogs, build your own president, and bottles of hope.

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The dreams you leave behind (5×8 – 1/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 7:02 AM Jan 11, 2012
4

When is it time to give up, the days of Gary, what Ike wouldn’t like, I can see your life from here, and 10 Minnesota bloggers you should be reading.

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A blow to the ‘misery economy’ (5×8 – 1/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2012, 7:20 AM Jan 10, 2012
4

The pain index bottoms out, Best Buy from the inside, apples to Apple, the candidates who keep politics ‘interesting,’ and the cupcake incident upon further review.

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Why is Jack Jablonski a news story? (5×8 – 1/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 7:40 AM Jan 9, 2012
41

The nature of humanity, the curse of the branded building, the 60 Minutes stem cell fraud story, falling through thin ice, and when the bungee cord breaks.

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What have you learned? (5×8 – 1/6/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 7:25 AM Jan 6, 2012
5

Forty-five is the new 60, saving the Arboretum or destroying it, the bus people of Fargo, the Twins natives are restless, and temperatures are up and pants are down.

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Your life with a 13-year-old (5×8 – 1/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 5, 2012
6

In search of the rational argument, the power of principles, Morris v. Blyleven, Jablonski’s future, and scenes from the sidewalk superintendent.

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The strangest question you’ve ever been asked (5×8 – 1/4/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 4, 2012
17

The blender mystery, Jabby’s fight, post Iowa, swing ’til you puke in a nuke plant, and the art of rejection.

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Don’t mess with Iowa (5×8 – 1/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 3, 2012
6

Iowa up close, holiday winners and losers, the rich Minnesotan you’ve never heard of, crossing the Constitution, and tone it down, Timberwolves!

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