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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2008

Live-blogging the Canvassing Board

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2008, 12:00 PM Dec 16, 2008
3

The recount of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race his the home stretch… maybe.

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The first face transplant

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2008, 11:41 AM Dec 16, 2008
3

Doctors in Cleveland have performed the full face transplant, and created a lot of questions.

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Exports are one of few economic bright spots in Minn.

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2008, 10:37 AM Dec 16, 2008

Exports from Minnesota are on a pace to break a record.

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Can Best Buy survive?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2008, 8:20 AM Dec 16, 2008
5

It’s not enough to make a profit. You have to make a big profit.

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Who do you trust?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2008, 8:12 AM Dec 16, 2008

It’s not Google anymore, a survey says.

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Weather

Idling thoughts

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 4:37 PM Dec 15, 2008
4

Does the Minneapolis ordinance against vehicle idling stay in effect during life-threatening weather conditions?

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Where were the regulators?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 3:43 PM Dec 15, 2008
1

If you’re making money with an investment, it’s a good idea to ask why.

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Ray’s story

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 2:43 PM Dec 15, 2008
7

Ray Sandford wants to stop the court-ordered electroshock treatments for his psychotic episodes, but it’s not his choice. Should it be?

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Cities wait for possible LGA cuts

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 2:25 PM Dec 15, 2008

Many cities are not sweating the possibility of cuts in local aid in Minnesota. They don’t take it.

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Is the Internet all it’s cracked up to be?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 2:14 PM Dec 15, 2008
3

The third Pew report on the future of the Internet raises questions about whether we’re a more tolerant and forgiving society because of it.

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Who needs the police?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 1:47 PM Dec 15, 2008
2

Not the city of Cook, Minnesota.

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Students get a lesson in ‘press freedom’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 12:57 PM Dec 15, 2008
17

In Faribault, a school superintendent has shut down the school newspaper because he wasn’t allowed to preview a story about a teacher.

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DTV

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 12:00 PM Dec 15, 2008
6

With two months to go before analog TV ends, some groups say certain communities — including Minneapolis-St. Paul — are ‘at risk.’

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Weather

Weather beauty

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 7:48 AM Dec 15, 2008
1

Images of desolation, and occasionally destruction, have a certain beauty to them.

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The limits of advertising

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 14, 2008, 2:55 PM Dec 14, 2008
9

A teacher is selling advertising on tests. What else can we sell to make some cash?

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