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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (6/12/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2013, 4:42 PM Jun 12, 2013
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The NSA says spying disrupted attacks, Snowden talks, the 10-year old gets a lung transplant, an ultrasound bill advances in Wisconsin, and a new candidate for Bachmann’s seat. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (6/10/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2013, 4:38 PM Jun 10, 2013
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What will happen to Edward Snowden? What happened in Santa Monica? Is New York City to be the new Birmingham, Alabama? A DFL candidate finally emerges to challenge for Rep. Bachmann’s old seat, and all about the court case of the abused woman who was faced with a choice to take a beating or drive drunk to escape. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (6/7/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2013, 4:53 PM Jun 7, 2013
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The shooting rampage in Santa Monica, Obama defends domestic spying, the Goldilocks economy, and the secrecy around the Brodkorb trial. Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (6/6/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2013, 4:40 PM Jun 6, 2013
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The first same-sex marriage licenses, heroin’s big comeback, defending the phone spying, an update on the Pennsylvania lung-transplant girl, and is it time to legalize online poker?
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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (6/5/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2013, 4:54 PM Jun 5, 2013
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A tuition freeze at the U of M, another lawsuit over the unionization of child-care workers, the bear facts of the attack, forget about bringing knives on planes, the old-lady Powerball winner, and what do you mean you didn’t know you were pregnant? Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (6/4/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2013, 4:36 PM Jun 4, 2013
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Did the IRS want to know the content of prayers? An insanity plea in the Colorado theater shooting case. The widest tornado ever. Why are blacks more likely to be arrested for marijuana? Wisconsin rejects expanding Medicaid. And the not-yet-finished Crazy Horse monument turns 65.
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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/31/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 4:51 PM May 31, 2013
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The strange campaign saga of the 6th District,  when Social Security goes broke,  McCain on Syria,  and why can’t a kid who built a nuclear reactor win a science fair? Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.  

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/29/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2013, 4:49 PM May 29, 2013
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Pols line up to run for Bachmann’s seat, a challenger to Al Franken finally emerges, more flooding in the Midwest, the Catholic school and the pregnant teacher, and who left this gun on the amusement park ride?

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/21/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2013, 4:42 PM May 21, 2013
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The searching ends in Oklahoma, the politicians spin in Minnesota.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/16/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 4:47 PM May 16, 2013
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Using smokers to pay for a stadium for the Vikings, forget an increasing in the minimum wage, another head rolls in the IRS scandal, the twisters in Texas, and the mother who wouldn’t let a man abduct her daughter.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/15/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2013, 4:49 PM May 15, 2013
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Minneapolis police reveal more — but not much more — about a crash that killed a motorcyclist, firefighters make headway on wildfires here, people locked out of jobs could get more unemployment.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/10/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 10, 2013, 4:43 PM May 10, 2013
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Finding an intruder in your home, the strange case of the burying of the marathon bombing suspect, the Benghazi controversy deepens, astronauts prepare to fix a serious problem on the space station, and the people who can go up high and look down.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/9/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 9, 2013, 4:50 PM May 9, 2013
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The same-sex marriage vote, the search for Kira Trevino, more details on the kidnapping in Cleveland, and prison for drunk drivers in Wisconsin.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/8/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 8, 2013, 4:41 PM May 8, 2013
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Changes in the same-sex marriage bill at the Capitol, the Cleveland case, the phone call from Benghazi, and how a couple stood up against the worst date on the calendar.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (4/26/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2013, 4:42 PM Apr 26, 2013
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Chemical weapons in Syria, finger-pointing in the Boston bombing, free gun locks for Hennepin County, farewell to George Jones, and the prom dress made out of magazines.

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