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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

War

Service dog may get Iraq vet booted from apartment

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2014, 10:04 AM Oct 22, 2014
7

Perhaps there’s another side to the story — the one that’s being told doesn’t make a lot of sense — but an East Grand Forks landlord is declining to say why he’s kicking an Iraq war vet out of an apartment. Read more →

People doing good · Sports

8-year-old stars in Wisconsin high school football game

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2014, 9:15 AM Oct 22, 2014
3

Over in Mosinee, Wisconsin, the 8-year-old brother of a Rhinelander High School player was made honorary team captain for Saturday’s game against Mosinee High School. Read more →

Sports

Mo’ne Davis wins game one of World Series

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2014, 8:48 AM Oct 22, 2014
5

You don’t see a lot of 60-second ads on TV anymore unless it’s really good. This ad, which debuted last night during game one of the World Series and was directed by Spike Lee, is really good.
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Science · Sports

Birds get little love in Twin Cities media

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2014, 8:17 AM Oct 22, 2014
9

Birds are having a tough time this with week with the two area newspapers. Read more →

Politics

Politics and the media: The new segregation

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2014, 7:34 AM Oct 22, 2014
16

If you’ve dropped a friendship over political views, the odds are you’re a liberal, a new report says. Read more →

Economy

Return of the banking predators

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2014, 6:28 AM Oct 22, 2014
6

As America’s economic collapse disappears in the rear-view mirror, perhaps this is a good time to ask: What exactly did we learn from it?
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NewsCut at 7

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 21, 2014, 8:01 AM Oct 21, 2014
5

There are 9,706 NewsCut posts for you to catch up on today. Read more →

Health · Weather

If climate change doesn’t bother you, why does Ebola?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 2:57 PM Oct 20, 2014
34

If you’re keeping score, two people out of 319 million residents of the United States have contracted Ebola. Within a week or so, the Ebola “crisis” may be over. Read more →

People doing good

Searching for the ‘hero in the blue hat’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 1:15 PM Oct 20, 2014
3

There are people who stand around and take video of a burning building. And there are people who run into burning buildings to rescue the people inside. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Video: Truck ignores stopped school bus, misses kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 12:15 PM Oct 20, 2014
10

What part of the ‘stop for a school bus’ law don’t some Minnesota drivers get? All of it, apparently. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Court: No need to sell Mercedes to pay for stolen BMW

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 11:30 AM Oct 20, 2014
4

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today ruled that a man who stole a BMW from a Bloomington car dealer doesn’t have to sell his Mercedes to pay restitution for his crime. Read more →

New NPR boss stakes out network’s future

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 10:15 AM Oct 20, 2014
0

Jarl Mohn, the new CEO of NPR forced out a highly regarded senior editor whose vision helped push NPR into a world beyond radio.
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Weather

Quadcopter video: Last days of fall up north

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 9:31 AM Oct 20, 2014
0

Still looking good, North Shore!
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Mother of gay son responds to the hate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 8:48 AM Oct 20, 2014
4

When Linda Robertson’s son revealed to her that he was gay, she and her husband told their son ‘he had to choose between Jesus and his sexuality. ‘ He did. And died.
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Why Marilyn Hagerty gets us

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 8:16 AM Oct 20, 2014
2

What makes Marilyn Hagerty of the Grand Forks Herald a Midwest treasure. Some hipsters don’t get it. Read more →

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