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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Ryan Larson and the urge to name suspects

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 2:48 PM Jan 4, 2013
7

If it turns out that, indeed, Larson was not involved in the Cold Spring shooting as he insists, there’ll be plenty of opportunity for introspection on how he was so publicly linked to the crime.

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The person of the week

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 1:49 PM Jan 4, 2013
1

Malala Yousafzai leaves a UK hospital.

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When rape isn’t rape

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 1:11 PM Jan 4, 2013
4

‘Judicial activism’ has become a bad phrase. A woman in California, however, could’ve used a little in this case.

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A few weeks in the life of a president

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 12:10 PM Jan 4, 2013
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Some new White House photos show how most of us can’t really comprehend what it’s like to be the president of the United States.

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Crime and Justice · Health

The drunks in the cockpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 10:52 AM Jan 4, 2013
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KARE 11 reports that the police pulled a pilot out of his American Airlines jet this morning under the suspicion that he was drunk. He apparently failed a breathalyzer test.

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Five by 8

The amazing, changing you (5×8 – 1/4/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 7:25 AM Jan 4, 2013
3

Overestimating your ‘wonderfulness,’ jobs and the health-care law, the value of the UMD brand, whatever happened to the tornado victims, and a Moorhead man steps up for the people he didn’t know.

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Water main break techniques

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 4:38 PM Jan 3, 2013
0

When I see people drive through so much water, I’m never sure whether I want them to make it to dry ground.

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The trouble with Blaer

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 2:08 PM Jan 3, 2013
0

In Iceland, you can’t have a name that’s not on an official list.

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This scene made possible by proper health care

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 1:03 PM Jan 3, 2013
2

A nice moment at the Capitol might not have been possible were it not for accessibility to health care coverage.

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So long, Heaven

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 12:01 PM Jan 3, 2013
7

The end of the Field of Dreams is at hand.

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The return of Michele Norris

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 11:04 AM Jan 3, 2013
2

Sorry, Michele Norris fans. The Minnesota-born journalist is out as anchor of NPR’s All Things Considered. Sort of.

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Five by 8

Flu shot freedom (5×8 – 1/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 7:37 AM Jan 3, 2013
19

Do nurses have the right to refuse a flu shot, after Macy’s, the 100-year-old employee, the rescuers who die while rescuing, and the Emancipation Proclamation outloud.

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Nothing like a good political tirade

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 2:27 PM Jan 2, 2013
2

Hurricane Sandy got some of the blame/credit for the results of November’s election. It could influence 2016 too.

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Fueled by Rice

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 1:32 PM Jan 2, 2013
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Fueled by Rice consists of six friends bicycling for ‘peace, simplicity, and the environment.’

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Regional history

Hobby Lobby’s contraceptive challenge

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 12:23 PM Jan 2, 2013
39

A hobby store chain, owned by a conservative Christian family, is going to take on the Obama administration’s new rules requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for emergency contraceptives.

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