NewsCut

People who jump in lakes in January (5×8 – 1/28/13)

Bob Collins January 28, 2013, 7:20 AM Jan 28, 2013

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The people with a heart, life lessons from a death on Superior, guns and the illusion of protection, immigration and the dairy farm, and the power of eggs.

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Wisconsin sheriff: Get in the game with a gun

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 4:53 PM Jan 25, 2013

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It’s hard to know whether Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke is seriously trying to get his citizens to arm themselves or just trying to call attention to cutbacks in his department, but his radio ad certainly has caused a stir in Wisconsin.

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Fathers, kids, and guns

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 3:20 PM Jan 25, 2013

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There’s a weird plethora of news stories today about fathers, their kids, and guns.

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People doing good

One man’s decency (continued)

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 2:04 PM Jan 25, 2013

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Zach Grey, a Batman fan, gets a call from Christian Bale, who played Batman in the movies.

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Because they deserve to

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 12:30 PM Jan 25, 2013

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Disabled athletes get a break.

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The case of the blind sled dog

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 11:48 AM Jan 25, 2013

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Our selection for ‘person of the week’ has been made. It’s a dog.

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Why victims of domestic violence don’t leave

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 10:45 AM Jan 25, 2013

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Next week, a Minnesota organization will release a report detailing the number of women who are killed in this state by husbands and/or boyfriends.

Many of the victims were already victims of previous domestic violence. Why didn’t they just leave the relationship?

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Five by 8

A question of morality (5×8 – 1/25/13)

Bob Collins January 25, 2013, 7:21 AM Jan 25, 2013

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Maple Grove hockey and the culture that makes kids do things, the highlight of Mr. Avohou’s job search, what cold looks like, bad lip reading the inauguration, and poor rich guys.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/24/13

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 4:53 PM Jan 24, 2013

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Sen. Kerry’s confirmation, why free speech is being restricted at the Super Bowl, has the flu season peaked, Rhode Island votes on same-sex marriage, and why the cool people dig winter.

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Airline to move headquarters to state with a little life left in it

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 4:12 PM Jan 24, 2013

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It was the battle of the perceived business-friendly state vs. the perceived business-unfriendly state today. And the business unfriendly state won.

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Weather

Science and cold weather

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 2:43 PM Jan 24, 2013

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If summer is so great around here, where are all the videos of the cool science experiments you can do with it?

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Poll: Only a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legal in MN

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 1:47 PM Jan 24, 2013

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The polling firm, Public Policy Polling, is out with a new poll, saying if same-sex marriage were on next year’s ballot, ‘it would probably pass.’

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NASA: Global temperature increase ‘assured’

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 11:56 AM Jan 24, 2013

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For the few people who still need proof the planet is warming, NASA is complying today.

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Weather

Ya, sure, we don’t care about the cold

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 10:50 AM Jan 24, 2013

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It was probably great for the Minnesota ‘brand’ that CBS waited until today — when the cold wave hit the East Coast — to run a national piece on last week’s pond hockey tournament in Minneapolis, thus reinforcing the myth that we don’t even notice such trivial things as subzero temperatures.

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Five by 8

Climate change and the backyard hockey rink (5×8 – 1/24/13)

Bob Collins January 24, 2013, 7:29 AM Jan 24, 2013

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Tracking science with hockey, in praise of the curmudgeon, the day in guns, why engineers rock, and when Ricky Rubio isn’t happy.

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