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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Politics

MN bill seeks to push drivers out of the way of speeders

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2018, 7:01 AM Mar 15, 2018
50

Anyone who travels on a freeway knows that almost nobody drives the speed limit and the lefthand lane gets plugged with people going  a little over the speed limit, followed closely — and I do mean closely — by people going a lot over the speed limit. Read more →

What’s on MPR today? 3/15/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2018, 6:00 AM Mar 15, 2018
1

Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Sports

Byron shows up for girls hoops, and it matters

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 14, 2018, 2:30 PM Mar 14, 2018
2

Check your sports cynicism at the door, people. The girl’s basketball tournament is underway.  Read more →

Crime and Justice

MN Supreme Court: Cops need warrant to search driveway

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2018, 11:27 AM Mar 14, 2018
8

A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today further defined the areas of people’s property where police can’t search without a warrant.

It’s a fascinating case which goes to great lengths to define what area of someone’s property is protected by the Fourth Amendment and what area is fair game for a search by police without a warrant. Read more →

Weather

During snowstorm, Queen Elsa rescues Boston cops

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2018, 8:42 AM Mar 14, 2018
4

It’s been a rough winter again in New England, where a nor’easter has struck for the third time in the last few weeks.

Fortunately, for the Boston cops, Jason Triplett, 37, had purchased proper winter clothing for pushing a Boston Police wagon out of the snow: Queen Elsa’s costume from ‘Frozen.’
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Politics

Backlash in Duluth after councilor appears to dismiss woman’s miscarriage

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2018, 8:11 AM Mar 14, 2018
29

‘Thirty-one years ago, I was 19, pregnant and scared,’ Christina St. Germaine had just told the Council. ‘I had a miscarriage. I wasn’t able to take time off for work to care for myself to prevent the miscarriage nor post-miscarriage.’
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Education

Happy ‘Enough with Pi Day’ Day!

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2018, 7:01 AM Mar 14, 2018
30

It’s the annual Vi Hart Rant Against Pi Day Day. Read more →

What’s on MPR News today? 3/14/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2018, 6:00 AM Mar 14, 2018
11

Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Sports

$60M later, former Minnesota Timberwolves player is broke

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 2:52 PM Mar 13, 2018
32

Joe Smith earned $61 million dollars during his playing career, CNBC says. He’s living paycheck to paycheck and has $157,000 in debt. Read more →

Crime and Justice

TV reporter attacked during live broadcast

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 2:27 PM Mar 13, 2018
4

“Can we just stop with this already though?! It’s not funny anymore,” the San Diego reporter said. Read more →

This or That

Best Buy’s return policy: good for algorithms, bad for customers

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 12:22 PM Mar 13, 2018
20

A Wall Street Journal report shows Best Buy and other retail chains are alienating legitimate customers as they chase down the fraction of store returns that are considered fraudulent.
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This or That

Fear not thy smart speaker

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 10:59 AM Mar 13, 2018
52

If there’s one thing that radio listeners — and some radio employees, too, I’ve noticed — don’t like, it’s the advancing technology that allows us access to information on demand, even if it provides an opportunity to stem the decline of radio as a relevant medium.
Read more →

Politics

What good is being informed?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 8:22 AM Mar 13, 2018
49

Journalists haven’t yet figured out how to properly report on politics in American in 2018. News organizations report ‘fake news’ because politicians are making fake news and their job is to report what politicians are doing. And what politicians are doing is distracting, misinforming, and deceiving the nation. Read more →

Sports

She was paralyzed. Then her husband left her. Now she’s in the Olympics

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 7:00 AM Mar 13, 2018
5

Marie Wright, Canada’s lead for the women’s wheelchair curling team at the the Paralympic Games in South Korea, is ostensibly talking about curling here but is really offering a life lesson. One rock at a time. Read more →

What’s on MPR News today? 3/13/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2018, 6:00 AM Mar 13, 2018
0

Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

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