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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

When rich people go broke

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2012, 1:15 PM Oct 2, 2012
2

It’s a story that probably isn’t going to get a lot of sympathy.

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The case of the loose airline seats

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2012, 12:06 PM Oct 2, 2012
2

Could a job oursourcing move by an airline be to blame for seats suddenly coming loose?

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Nature’s ‘October surprise’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2012, 11:19 AM Oct 2, 2012
8

A funny thing happened on the way to the predicted drab fall colors.

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Five by 8

When to talk gun control? (5×8 – 10/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2012, 7:10 AM Oct 2, 2012
8

Media navel gazing in wake of Minneapolis shooting, when neutral is taking a position, the bike matador of Minneapolis, that’s one for the ‘band kids,’ and throwing the book at airline passengers.

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Barry Commoner, 1917-2012

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 3:42 PM Oct 1, 2012

Commoner, 95, was one of the founders of the ecology movement. On the advent of the first Earth Day in 1970, Time magazine called him the Paul Revere of Ecology.

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The right to carry and the workplace shooting

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 2:43 PM Oct 1, 2012
7

There is one piece of information that will remain a secret, according to the FAQ the police department released today:

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Darko we hardly miss thee

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 1:46 PM Oct 1, 2012
2

With little doubt, the Timberwolves should be better this year than last year because it has more talent and fewer Darkos.

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Art or vandalism?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 1:03 PM Oct 1, 2012

This branded film certainly romanticizes the world of the graffiti artist.

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Whose Supreme Court

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 11:55 AM Oct 1, 2012
4

The list of issues absent from the presidential campaign is a who’s who of importance.

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Five by 8

Krulwich apologizes (5×8 – 10/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2012, 7:30 AM Oct 1, 2012
8

More ‘yellow rain’ fallout, should we disconnect, the same-sex marriage debate, designing cities for people, and moose calling in the Superior National Forest.

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You Should Meet...

The Northwest Angle to Key West

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 5:36 PM Sep 28, 2012
4

Daniel Alvarez is living a life that can make people go chase their dreams.

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About that war

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 12:27 PM Sep 28, 2012
12

We pause from our usual Friday activities (pretty much a combination of staring out the window and staring at the clock) to announce that there’s still a war in Afghanistan going on.

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Surveys and trivia

Viral video: The guy who makes it tough for everyone else

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 12:04 PM Sep 28, 2012
5

Let’s just go ahead and add this to NewsCut’s growing list of people who make it rough for the rest of us, what with their creative ways to propose and all

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The great pickleball kerfuffle of 2012

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 10:54 AM Sep 28, 2012
7

This is what trouble — big trouble — looks like in Woodbury.

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Five by 8

Murder by proxy (5×8 – 9/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 7:12 AM Sep 28, 2012
6

Myths of workplace violence, where public education campaigns fail, a second chance to quiz alleged racist remarks, civil conversations, and it helps to have friends.

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