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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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What river ‘stages’ look like in a flood

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2013, 11:43 AM Apr 3, 2013
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It’s hard to get a picture of what any of the river flood terms mean. So here’s a picture.

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A sinkhole up close

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2013, 10:57 AM Apr 3, 2013
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Video from the sinkhole that killed a man in Florida.

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Five by 8

A mother’s anguish (5×8 – 4/3/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2013, 7:40 AM Apr 3, 2013
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When should we be shielded from the horrible, elderly voter fraudster gets a break, a leave of presence for Roger Ebert, the cruel ways of Mother Nature, and the coach who hits kids.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 4/2/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2013, 5:10 PM Apr 2, 2013
1

Taking North Korea seriously, lawmakers jump back into stadium issue, the long lines to buy guns in Connecticut, mapping the human brain, and the picture of Jesus in a public school.

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The ‘illegal immigrant’ usage explained

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2013, 10:35 AM Apr 2, 2013
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Language matters; nobody argues with that. But some words are automatic e-mail generators when they appear in news stories. The term ‘illegal immigrants’ is one.

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Five by 8

The shame of Spirit Lake (5×8 – 4/2/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2013, 7:15 AM Apr 2, 2013
8

The kind-hearted woman, what happened at the Applebee’s in Rice Lake, morality and March madness, why you should check before you carry, and advanced baseball statistics win over the old boys.

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Kevin Ware on crutches

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 4:16 PM Apr 1, 2013
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We’re filing this photo in our ‘ain’t medicine something?’ file.

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Postscript: The stroganoff obit

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 4:02 PM Apr 1, 2013
10

The New York Times’ public editor has now checked in the continuing controversy over the obituary for rocket scientist Yvonne Brill, which stressed both her homemaking skills and her rocket propulsion expertise.

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The view from the baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 2:18 PM Apr 1, 2013
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The last remaining frontier in all of the dizzying camera angles at baseball games has been conquered: the ball’s perspective.

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People doing good

Does anybody need a kidney?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 12:50 PM Apr 1, 2013
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How a Facebook posting saved a life.

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Is a high school graduation in a Wisconsin church unconstitutional?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 10:45 AM Apr 1, 2013
5

The Supreme Court today released its orders for the week without any decision on whether to hear the Wisconsin case, after an appeals court ruled that Elmbrook School District’s decision on where to hold its graduations violates the separation of church and state.

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Five by 8

The baseball religion (5×8 – 4/1/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 7:02 AM Apr 1, 2013
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Baseball’s slipping grip on culture, commentary from the control tower, the woman who helped make today possible, beware of phony news, and flood fighting online.

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There’s a new Minnesota Twins music director (yes, that is a real job)

David CazaresDavid Cazares March 29, 2013, 3:00 PM Mar 29, 2013
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From MPR News editor Bill Wareham: The Minnesota Twins have changed musical directors, according to the Gimme Noise blog. A fellow named Dan Edwards, who’s been doing the job for a couple years, is being replaced by Tim Miller, who apparently performs the same duties for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fans erupted after a Orlando Hudson Read more →

Open thread: NPR cancels Talk of the Nation

David CazaresDavid Cazares March 29, 2013, 12:53 PM Mar 29, 2013
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Recall when Bob Collins wrote about whether public radio can still take risks? In June of 2012, when we learned Car Talk was going to stop producing new shows, Bob said, “This has been an interesting time in public radio of late, and the next few years are going to test whether it’s capable of Read more →

Study: Hockey is biggest cause of injuries to children

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2013, 4:28 PM Mar 28, 2013
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A lot was made in these parts of changes in youth hockey rules in the wake the paralysis of a star high school player a year ago. But a new study out of Canada suggests rules designed to protect kids aren’t being enforced by officials.

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