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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2010

Super Bowl as management tool

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2010, 1:09 PM Feb 8, 2010

Is there a real-world business lesson to be gleaned from the Saints’ decision to start the second half with an on-side kick?

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Cue the baseball fever

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2010, 12:59 PM Feb 8, 2010
1

The first sign of baseball leaves Minnesota this week.

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Surveys and trivia

The mystery billboard

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2010, 10:40 AM Feb 8, 2010
107

A billboard on I-35 in Wyoming, Minnesota is becoming an Internet sensation.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/8/10: A kid on the streets

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2010, 7:17 AM Feb 8, 2010
2

Homeless teens in Minnesota, a history of PTSD, how Jay got on the couch with Dave, the cancer risk tease, and another Golden Snowball Challenge round.

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On Bourbon St.

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 7, 2010, 6:37 PM Feb 7, 2010
1

Super Bowl Web cam from New Orleans. Almost as interesting as the Super Bowl commercials this year.

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Tempest in a Tea Party

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 7, 2010, 9:06 AM Feb 7, 2010

Sarah Palin gave a speech to the Tea Party convention on Saturday and the day-after analysis is focusing on allegations she read notes written on her hand.

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Weather

Weather Service wins latest Golden Snowball Challenge round

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 6, 2010, 7:17 PM Feb 6, 2010
7

Meanwhile, another round is nearly underway with a new storm approaching.

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Curses

kenpaulman February 5, 2010, 1:08 PM Feb 5, 2010
3

A discussion about the hex, the spell, the “whammy” kind of curses. Expletives will have to wait for another day.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/5/10: The drinking study

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 5, 2010, 7:09 AM Feb 5, 2010
3

How Minnesota stacks up boozewise, Super Bowl ads, Shackleton’s whiskey, Salinger’s secretary, and a failure of the common-sense gene.

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Marines under the gun over PTSD

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 5:24 PM Feb 4, 2010

A whistleblower criticizes the Marines’ treatment of soldiers with PTSD and gets blackballed for it.

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Happy days aren’t here again

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 3:58 PM Feb 4, 2010
2

A sour stock market reaffirms the reality that the economy is still getting worse.

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Weather

Golden Snowball Challenge – Round four

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 3:39 PM Feb 4, 2010

From the sounds of things, we’ve got a Golden Snowball Challenge-size storm heading toward Minnesota.

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The obituary minefield

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 1:47 PM Feb 4, 2010
1

How far is ‘too far’ when assessing the life of a public figure who’s just died?

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The case for a Vikings stadium discussion

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 10:37 AM Feb 4, 2010
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If lawmakers don’t talk about a stadium for the NFL team, the state will be dealing with a problem by ignoring it.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/4/10: Personal politics

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 7:15 AM Feb 4, 2010
2

The orchestrated life of a politician, connecting Toyota’s dots, the Art Shanty cure for winter, technology and the North Shore, and what’s wrong with the National Anthem?

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