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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2010

Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/11/10: Pawlenty’s Indecision 2012 Tour

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2010, 7:53 AM Jun 11, 2010
13

The comedic road to the White House, failure is an option in the Gulf, a bag of donuts makes incompetence better, why do soccer fans insist I watch more soccer, and the end of climate change fear.

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The outdoors woman and the role of government

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2010, 2:08 PM Jun 10, 2010
9

What’s this program gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer is talking about that spends taxpayer money to take ‘metro-area women on camping vacations’?

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Behind the scenes of the NPR video

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2010, 10:58 AM Jun 10, 2010
2

The writer of the viral NPR video reveals the darkest secrets of public radio.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/10/10: You are the principal!

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2010, 7:12 AM Jun 10, 2010
5

Should kids be suspended when no damage is done in a prank, how would BP handle a coffee spill, who needs pilots, Jon Stewart preps for Tim Pawlenty, and dispatches from the Department of Life in a Small Town.

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Photo of the day

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 9, 2010, 2:33 PM Jun 9, 2010
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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/9/10: Math and the oil spill

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 9, 2010, 7:54 AM Jun 9, 2010
5

What’s wrong with this viral oil-spill graphic, the digital addiction, sweat and the modern woman, the cars of NPR, and scenes from your new state park.

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Can Obama afford to be angry?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 3:27 PM Jun 8, 2010
6

African American commentators today paused when President Obama flashed some anger over the BP oil spill.

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There’s more than one leak in the Gulf.

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 3:21 PM Jun 8, 2010
3

An environmental group says there’s another oil leak from an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

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When good plans go bad

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 12:52 PM Jun 8, 2010
8

A group of vintage aircraft pilots were promoting a new IMAX movie the best way possible — by taking members of the media for a ride around Washington DC today.

Then one flipped on landing and the upcoming movie wasn’t the story anymore.

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Surveys and trivia

Where are the tourists?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 12:16 PM Jun 8, 2010
8

A project to map photos posted to Flickr has revealed an ugly truth for the Twin Cities: It’s not much of a tourist destination.

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Search term ethics

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 11:38 AM Jun 8, 2010
7

BP buys search terms on Google and Yahoo. So what?

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Soldiers left behind by their own government

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 10:38 AM Jun 8, 2010
1

Even after they’re injured in service to their country, U.S. soldiers have to fight for appropriate treatment, especially in the face of the occasional doctor who thinks a soldier is faking it.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 6/8/10: Embarrassing presentations

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 6:35 AM Jun 8, 2010
6

Identifying with Steve Jobs, children of lesbians, Helen Thomas goes home, a presidential cheap shot, shin-kicking championships, and the clouds of Duluth.

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Crime and Justice

The suicide of Duy Ngo

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2010, 2:59 PM Jun 7, 2010
11

Even by MPD standards, the case of Duy Ngo has reeked from the start.

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The jobs we do

Standing up against obesity

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2010, 2:02 PM Jun 7, 2010
2

The Mayo Clinic studies whether standing up while working makes a difference.

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