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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2009

North St. Paul officer killed

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2009, 12:24 PM Sep 7, 2009
2

Police officers often say among the most dangerous calls they get are the ones for a domestic disturbance and, unfortunately, that played out in North St. Paul on Monday.

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The job search

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2009, 8:02 AM Sep 7, 2009
2

There are 15 million different ways to be out of a job.

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On heroes

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2009, 8:00 AM Sep 6, 2009
1

A Massachusetts man will be only the sixth person to receive the Medal of Honor since the September 11th attacks.

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USA the Franken Way

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 4, 2009, 8:57 PM Sep 4, 2009
17

If you listened to Midday via the radio on Friday, the whole “Al draws the USA thing” might not have been that impressive. So … here.

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Five at 8 – 9/4/09: The threat of the city farmer

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 4, 2009, 7:27 AM Sep 4, 2009
5

Zoning out city farmers, a lesson plan or indoctrination, will swine flu end our civility, do you trust your doctor, and how firefighters saved the birthplace of the expanding universe.

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Obligatory State Fair post

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 3, 2009, 8:46 PM Sep 3, 2009
3

See you Friday at the State Fair for MPR Day.

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Five at 8 – 9/3/09: Should you retire?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 3, 2009, 7:17 AM Sep 3, 2009
4

Do we have a moral responsibility to retire, when we steal and when we don’t, Minnesota’s national health care model, what hath the Internet wrought, and you are who you eat with.

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Surveys and trivia

We’re #50!

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2009, 3:26 PM Sep 2, 2009
3

How Minnesota colleges and universities rank nationally.

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Senator Schilling?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2009, 2:41 PM Sep 2, 2009
4

Can a Republican jump from the starting rotation of the Boston Red Sox to the United States Senate?

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The Unemployed: Jon Joriman

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2009, 2:02 PM Sep 2, 2009
1

Joriman hit a low point in March, but then realized the only thing he can control is the amount of energy he puts into the job search.

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Wildfires’ star

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2009, 11:53 AM Sep 2, 2009
1

A large jet fighting California wildfires gets the attention. Not everyone’s happy about that.

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Did NPR whitewash Ted Kennedy’s career?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2009, 10:48 AM Sep 2, 2009
13

NPR’s ombudsman blows the whistle on her employer’s news staff.

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Five at 8 – 9/2/09: The guard did it

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2009, 7:12 AM Sep 2, 2009
1

Laura Ling and Euna Lee speak out, civil rights for bikers, the luxury of the college dorm, can you afford to be a good citizen, and the most vulnerable House DFLers.

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Wildfires update

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2009, 4:18 PM Sep 1, 2009
1

Here are some additional links for coverage of the California wildfires.

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Caisson connections?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2009, 1:06 PM Sep 1, 2009
6

A well-connected soldier got for his funeral at Arlington this week, what an average kid from Rosemount could not.

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