Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Exit polls, the notoriously inaccurate in-person survey of voters at polling places, could be vanishing under a plan announced today by the Associated Press.
The AP says it will replace its exit polling system after 2016 exit polls appeared to favor Hillary Clinton.
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Another person was ready to jump from the Robert Street bridge in St. Paul today and, as we’ve said in this space too many times, it’s impossible to stay focused on the systemic failures that can lead to suicide when we never know the story and likely never will know. Read more →
There are certain things that should be none of your business and who you vote for or what your political ideology is should be one of those things.
But political parties crave that data and since politicians write the laws, there’s little hope for keeping your business private. Read more →
Leila al-Ghandour was 8 months old when she died today from tear gas during protests in Gaza, the family claims.
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Four high school seniors hauled half a car to the school, taped black plastic to the brick wall and made it look as though the car had crashed through the school near the principal’s office. We know from experience that some schools would chase down the offenders, expel them, and deny them the opportunity to graduate.
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The Minnesota Legislature is thick with lawyers in its ranks so it’s hard to believe that when the Senate followed the House in passing legislation to ignore a judge’s order addressing water levels in White Bear Lake, they didn’t know it’s probably unconstitutional. Read more →
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Maybe it’s time to dial back prom a little bit. Read more →
Something new to remember the next time a sports team comes asking for public money for a stadium: The value of their teams just doubled, according to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, citing today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a federal law banning sports betting in states not named Nevada. Read more →
In the era of #MeToo, muting artists who are accused of violence against women is understandable. Who will make the decision on what art is acceptable and what isn’t? Read more →
Billions of years from now, another civilization will come to what remains of earth and its archaeologists will uncover evidence of the Duluth smelt parade and come up with some fascinating conclusions about the species that once inhabited the planet. Read more →
There wasn’t anything particularly remarkable about Hal Newman’s announcement that he intends to run for mayor of Rochester.
Except that there is apparently no such person as Hal O. Newman. Hal O. Newman. Get it? Read more →
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Chad J. Rygwall, 47, and his wife, Jill, 48, of Princeton, Minn., died when their Cessna 172 struck power lines and plunged into the river. The National Transportation Safety Board said they likely never saw the lines, which were below the tree line, and the pilot may have been blinded by a setting sun.
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