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Tag: Health

Where can a person get a drink around here? Some thirsty golfers out of luck

David Cazares August 3, 2010, 10:39 AM Aug 3, 2010

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On a sweltering day like today, a healing drink of cold water on a public golf course can be rather hard to come by. Turns out it’s sort of a tough decision for Minnesota golf course operators whether to provide a few coolers for customers, many of whom develop a mighty thirst during a typical four to five hour round.

NPR and the long goodbye

Bob Collins July 3, 2010, 11:11 AM Jul 3, 2010

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Weekend Edition left an important element out of its story of a man’s struggle with his wife’s Alzheimer’s.

Multiple suicides plague some area schools

Bob Collins June 2, 2010, 1:14 PM Jun 2, 2010

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A 17-year Woodbury High School student killed himself yesterday, the second student suicide there in the last month.

Surveys and trivia

Fit in Minneapolis

Bob Collins May 24, 2010, 10:27 AM May 24, 2010

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Minneapolis is the third-most-fit metropolitan area in the country, a survey says.

‘He wanted to be normal’

Bob Collins May 23, 2010, 7:54 AM May 23, 2010

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As a rule, I don’t go to fundraisers or benefit dinners for organizations that have lobbyists at the Capitol, even though I work for one. I make one exception.

Autism and divorce

Bob Collins May 19, 2010, 3:50 PM May 19, 2010

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A study debunks the myth that 80% of marriages of parents of autistic children end in divorce.

Beating the clock

Bob Collins May 18, 2010, 1:37 PM May 18, 2010

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A St. Paul ambulance crew is honored for the fastest response time.

Mississippi dioxins linked to clean hands

Bob Collins May 18, 2010, 10:38 AM May 18, 2010

Et tu, soap?

No miracles at Moose Lake

Bob Collins April 22, 2010, 4:07 PM Apr 22, 2010

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People go into Moose Lake’s ‘treatment facility’ for sexual predators. They never come out.

Key provision of health care law for business unresolved

Bob Collins April 13, 2010, 3:33 PM Apr 13, 2010

The administration’s interpretation of the law’s impact on small business contradicts the law President Obama signed.

Nebraska’s new abortion law

Bob Collins April 13, 2010, 11:05 AM Apr 13, 2010

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Nebraska has became the latest battleground in the war over abortion

Playing both sides of the health care debate

Bob Collins March 25, 2010, 3:37 PM Mar 25, 2010

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In complaining about the health care law’s effects, Republicans turn their back on a principal upon which their opposition is based.

Debunking the Facebook-syphilis connection

Bob Collins March 25, 2010, 1:57 PM Mar 25, 2010

And poor reporting causes Internet sensations.

Live-blogging Midday: Is the health care law constitutional?

Bob Collins March 25, 2010, 11:05 AM Mar 25, 2010

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Two legal experts debate.

Health care and homelessness

Bob Collins February 25, 2010, 3:17 PM Feb 25, 2010

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When it comes to real people and health care, the clock ticks while the politicians talk.