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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/10/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 4:41 PM Jan 10, 2013
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A move to limit constitutional amendments, another school shooting, Junior Seau’s brain, stalking a girlfriend in Cold Spring, why Mary thinks less of Cory Booker, and strange things you say when you get a concussion.

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Flu: ‘It’s important to keep this in perspective’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 3:40 PM Jan 10, 2013
4

It’s a bad year for the flu, but it’s not worth panicking over.

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Surveys and trivia

Is the Twin Cities losing its ‘gay greatness?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 3:28 PM Jan 10, 2013
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Just two months after it led the state in rejecting the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Advocate.com has dropped the Twin Cities ranking for ‘gayest cities in America.’

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Follow-up: Blake Cognata

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 2:55 PM Jan 10, 2013
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Here’s a face and a voice at the center of a story about Adrian Peterson this week.

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More evidence: Football is killing some of its players

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 1:57 PM Jan 10, 2013
3

ESPN/ABC reports that football star Junior Seau’s brain had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease that can lead to dementia, memory loss and depression.

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Weather

The red wave

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 1:16 PM Jan 10, 2013
2

What on earth is happening to you, Australia?

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Study: 1 of 8 teens thinks of suicide

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 11:57 AM Jan 10, 2013
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Quite often, the message conveyed in suicide prevention is that if you ask for help, things will get better. That’s not always the case, however. A study released this week shows more than half of the young people who planned, thought of, or attempted to kill themselves had received at least some treatment. Nearly 1,400 Read more →

When your childhood hero dies

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 10:38 AM Jan 10, 2013
4

Rex Trailer died last night and Minnesotans probably don’t know who he was. But every kid in America had a Rex Trailer in his/her life.

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Five by 8

The Grandma Brigade (5×8 – 1/10/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 7:15 AM Jan 10, 2013
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What the ‘nosy old ladies’ know about you, who cares about sewers, what snow teaches us about roads, the icons among us, and how an accident connected two people forever.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/9/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 4:53 PM Jan 9, 2013
1

Here’s your vaccine against ignorance: The daily news discussion with Mary Lucia on the Current.

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No smoking on the bus

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 3:02 PM Jan 9, 2013
4

What’s the deal with having kids smoke in a TV ad to discourage kids from smoking?

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Follow-up: Tig Notaro

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 12:51 PM Jan 9, 2013
2

Coincidence is an odd thing.

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The end of Brian Burke

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 11:52 AM Jan 9, 2013
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But in firing Burke, the Maple Leafs also got rid of an important voice for gay athletes.

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A foolproof way to stop the spread of the flu

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 10:55 AM Jan 9, 2013
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Get a flu shot, wash your hands regularly, and remind your boss today to change the culture of the American workplace.

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Five by 8

The story behind the AIG ad (5×8 – 1/9/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 7:13 AM Jan 9, 2013
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‘A’ is for ‘chutzpuh,’ lipstick on Saint Paul’s pig, the right to videotape police, Kluwe on Kluwe, and the day on Planet Creepy.

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