Bob Collins
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
A ‘last man standing’ club in Lake Elmo has dissolved. The ravages of time have not allowed the World War II vets to wait until there was only one left to toast the others. Read more →
WCCO is trying to raise some money today for the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, and with good reason: Insurance companies call the shots on treatment programs. Read more →
Tony Oliva, the onetime Minnesota Twins star, has missed out on entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame by just one vote. Read more →
NPR is warning its employees that they can’t participate in a national march against police violence in Washington this weekend. Read more →
Every few years, we have to experience the minute-by-minute documentation of ‘royal watchers’ who are in ecstasy with this week’s visit to the United States of Prince William and Princess Kate. Read more →
We can think of no better way to start a work week than with a video of the launching a porta-potty into the atmosphere. Just because…
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Over the years, I’ve found, I’d get a lot more work done if I don’t drop what I was doing at Fleming Field in South St. Paul and run outside to watch Miss Mitchell taxi by and take off. Read more →
When Anthony ‘Tony’ Mies, died at Assumption Nursing Home in Cold Spring, MN in October 2013, his granddaughter, Regan, was inspired by a blanket his used in his latter days. Read more →
Steve McKee has died, about a year after he was told he had months to live. Read more →
By all accounts, Jerry Kill is far too nice of a guy to say what must be said to the dunderheads in Minnesota who last year declared someone with an illness can’t be a college football coach. Read more →
NPR’s national audience got a chance today to meet Nora Purmort, who has become well known in the Twin Cities now because of her chronicling of her and her husband’s life since his cancer diagnosis.
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Pioneer Press reporter Mike Berardino felt compelled today to explain why he didn’t serve up softballs to Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter and Hunter’s news conference earlier this week.
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Students talking about a video game caused a school to be locked down out of fear of a shooting. Read more →
Your daily dose of sweetness comes from Aaron Rodgers. Again.
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