MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Than Tibbetts

ttibbetts@mpr.org

Thanks

Than Tibbetts November 25, 2009, 9:52 AM Nov 25, 2009

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Instead of ‘what’, I want to know ‘who’ you are thankful for.

Twin Cities terror indictments

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 5:08 PM Nov 24, 2009

Yesterday’s news that eight people would be charged in connection with the disappearance of young Somali men from the Twin Cities put the long-running story back in the national spotlight.

The rest of the story

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 3:20 PM Nov 24, 2009

Authorities say the Kentucky Census worker found hanged wasn’t the victim of a mysterious anti-government conspiracy.

Five at 8: It’s Tuesday!

Than Tibbetts November 24, 2009, 7:59 AM Nov 24, 2009

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Media Thanksgiving, a horror story and the war that won’t go away.

Diplomacy on the pitch

Than Tibbetts October 16, 2009, 12:11 PM Oct 16, 2009

How to make friends with a header in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Balloon Boy

Than Tibbetts October 16, 2009, 10:07 AM Oct 16, 2009

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Hoax, or the dreams of our inner, 6-year-old boy realized?

Whatchya gonna do when they come for you?

Than Tibbetts October 15, 2009, 1:16 PM Oct 15, 2009

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TLC comes to the Mall of America to tell the tales of the security guards who protect your right to go to the mall and not plan on buying something but it was on sale so you buy it anyway.

Got questions about the flu?

Than Tibbetts October 15, 2009, 12:00 PM Oct 15, 2009

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Join MPR News health reporter Lorna Benson at noon for a Q&A about the H1N1 (swine) and seasonal flu.

Ho ho ho! It’s… Bob Dylan?

Than Tibbetts October 14, 2009, 10:32 AM Oct 14, 2009

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After nearly 50 years of music, knowledgeable fans of Bob Dylan should be used to odd albums. But a Dylan Christmas album?

Are you smarter than a fourth grader?

Than Tibbetts October 14, 2009, 10:02 AM Oct 14, 2009

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Test your math skills against Minnesota’s 4th and 8th grade students. By the way, they’re among the best in the country.

Wither Vermilion

Than Tibbetts October 13, 2009, 12:03 PM Oct 13, 2009

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A report on the status of the proposed Lake Vermilion State Park shows it will likely be a game of “wait and see.”

Five at 8: Call the squirrel doctor

Than Tibbetts October 13, 2009, 8:00 AM Oct 13, 2009

Dirty laundry, that Prize thing, autism, tweeting your PTSD and a squirrel doctor. It’s going to be a fine Tuesday.

Won’t you please not be my neighbor?

Than Tibbetts October 12, 2009, 2:16 PM Oct 12, 2009

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What do you do with a sex offender who can’t find a place to live?

The value of not making money

Than Tibbetts October 12, 2009, 10:38 AM Oct 12, 2009

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A major newspaper declares it won’t endorse candidates, removing a barrier to becoming a non-profit organization. Will non-profit news work?

It’s the end of the Dome as we know it

Than Tibbetts October 11, 2009, 10:26 PM Oct 11, 2009

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And with a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees, the Minnesota Twins have played their last game in the Metrodome.