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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (11/6/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2014, 5:04 PM Jan 6, 2014
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Utah gay couples who got married might not be married, more school closings, the last DC-9, health care spending has slowed, what about Jay Gruden as the new Vikings head coach, and if it’s OK to put the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma State Capitol, why not this Satanic monument? Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob -1/2/14

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2014, 5:02 PM Jan 2, 2014
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A body has been discovered in the aftermath of the Cedar Avenue explosion in Minneapolis, an extended conversation on the Chris Kluwe article, and why your dog may be the best compass. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 12/27/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 27, 2013, 7:01 PM Dec 27, 2013
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Target hackers got PINs, Dayton says he’d sign a Sunday liquor sales bill, an appeal of the NSA ruling looms, mayoral candidate robbed of smartphone at MOA, the cabbie who found over $300,000 gets his reward, and if you can’t stab people over the color at a wedding, what can you stab them over? How about the location of the Big Dipper? Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 12/18/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2013, 4:50 PM Dec 18, 2013
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The new boss at MNsure acknowledges things have been ‘rocky,’ has there been a credit card security breach at Target, holiday sales haven’t been much to write home about, the Fed reduces support for the economy, and U.S. students are smoking more marijuana, but backing away from binge drinking.
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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 12/17/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2013, 5:22 PM Dec 17, 2013

The archbishop steps aside, the legislative face of human services retires, the dawn of the intelligent snowplow, the pricetag for stockbrokers killed on 9/11, Gov. Walker hints he’ll sign the school mascots bill in Wisconsin, and the end of Harold Camping’s world. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 12/16/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2013, 4:42 PM Dec 16, 2013
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An unreasonable search of your phone, the Methodist minister who believes in gay rights and won’t go quietly, The Diocese of Winona lists 14 priests accused of sexually abusing minors, the stupidest political tweet ever, and what Dick Nixon has to do with Minnesota weather. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 12/3/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2013, 4:45 PM Dec 3, 2013
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The Vikings break new ground, the U.S. House passes a gun ban, a judge who sentenced a rapist to 30 days in jail tries to keep his job, and a thoughtful conversation on how we relate to our families, spurred by the post earlier today about David Sedaris and the sister who took her own life. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 11/26/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 26, 2013, 5:49 PM Nov 26, 2013
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Should a business owner’s religion determine an employee’s health care benefits, guns at the state Capitol, what’s Thanksgiving without a stay at the airport, and a case in Mankato raises this question: Can anyone be foster parents? Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 11/25/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 25, 2013, 4:42 PM Nov 25, 2013
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We may never know why Adam Lanza killed Connecticut students, Trevino gets 27 years in killing of his wife, Obama pushes back against critics of the Iran nuclear deal, why there’s no Minnesota steel in the new Vikings stadium, and how a person taught himself to fly using someone else’s airplane — without permission. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 11/14/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 14, 2013, 4:45 PM Nov 14, 2013
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A big Obama concession on health care doesn’t sway his opponents, no charges or discipline in the crash involving a Minneapolis police officer, can economists ever predict accurately, and baseball is expanding its replay system. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 11/12/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2013, 4:41 PM Nov 12, 2013
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Relief is just now starting to reach the hardest hit areas of the Philippines, a do-over for Target Center, the latest wolf tally from the Minnesota hunt, legalizing peddle pubs in Wisconsin, the death-row inmate who’s not allowed to donate his organs to his family, and a new study says depression makes us physically older. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 11/7/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 7, 2013, 4:44 PM Nov 7, 2013
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Banning workplace discrimination against gay workers, how the IRS gave billions to identity thieves, the phony “wolves near the daycare center” story, “all out hell” promised in a Wisconsin fight over abortion, the cat who came home after five years, and Jimmy Kimmel ruins little kids’ lives. Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (11/5/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2013, 4:40 PM Nov 5, 2013
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Tightening Wisconsin’s weak drunk driving laws, Illinois’ House approves same-sex marriage, Delta wants more government help upgrading the symbol of government help for airlines in Minnesota, a proposal to let you keep your health insurance if you like it, the couple that stun guns together, and how women high school athletes are presented differently than men. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 10/29/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2013, 4:54 PM Oct 29, 2013
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NSA boss says ‘everybody does it,’ Medicare boss issues the apology of the day, another lawsuit alleging priest abuse in the Twin Cities, ground is broken for a new Surly brewery, a reunion of Superstorm Sandy babies, and the death of the woman who never aged. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob – 10/28/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2013, 4:51 PM Oct 28, 2013
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With the Fitzgerald and the Ordway within a stone’s throw, why does Saint Paul want to renovate the Palace Theatre? Mary has the answer. Also: Abortion laws fall, why it’s hard getting affordable health insurance in SE Minnesota, a plane crash in Princeton kills one, and new research says children who grow up in poverty have smaller brains.
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