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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2011

The bike box

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 1:23 PM Dec 22, 2011
10 Comments

Coming soon to Minneapolis intersections.

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In advertising, Detroit sells

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 1:15 PM Dec 22, 2011
1 Comment

To create a winning ad campaign, use Detroit as the backdrop.

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The year’s forgettable news

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 12:40 PM Dec 22, 2011
3 Comments

We’re about to get to the slowest news week of the year, which means we’ll be inundated with retrospectives about all the top stories of the year. We’ll be reminded that the top story of the year was the economy, which we don’t need reminding because it’s been the top story every day of the year.

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Weather

The lure of the walleye, the danger on the ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 10:36 AM Dec 22, 2011

The ice on the state’s largest lake is unstable, but fishermen are going out anyway.

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Five by 8

Credibility is early casualty in Koch probe (5×8 – 12/22/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 7:03 AM Dec 22, 2011
15 Comments

What did they know and when did they know it, how to handle a crisis, comedians on a plane, the price of free speech, and bring it, Grinch!

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The dog cure

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 2:12 PM Dec 21, 2011

If there were true justice in the world, dogs would live longer.

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A first first kiss

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 2:04 PM Dec 21, 2011
3 Comments

A Navy tradition goes to a lesbian for the first time.

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Weather

Where’s the snow?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 12:44 PM Dec 21, 2011
4 Comments

Few people in the U.S. have any snow.

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The butter crisis

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 11:46 AM Dec 21, 2011
4 Comments

Poor Norway. They’ve got a real crisis and all the world can do is chuckle. Norway has no butter.

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How to get a school superintendent’s license

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 11:28 AM Dec 21, 2011
2 Comments

A Duluth superintendent of schools was placed on leave this week after it was found he didn’t have a license to be a school superintendent.

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Study: Good football leads to bad grades

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 10:54 AM Dec 21, 2011

The grade point averages over at the University of Minnesota should be going through the roof if a study out of Oregon has any legs nationwide.

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Five by 8

Wisconsin researcher creates world’s most deadly virus (5X8 – 12/21/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 7:05 AM Dec 21, 2011
5 Comments

The secrets of Madison, NPR and coverage of Catholics, no transplants for noncitizens, the morning broadcaster, and what’s really happening in those Christmas card scenes.

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Farewell to a Scrabble fan

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2011, 2:36 PM Dec 20, 2011
5 Comments

The oldest person in Minnesota has died.

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Judge upholds the right to preach

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2011, 12:29 PM Dec 20, 2011
4 Comments

About a month ago, I asked whether a city — in this case, Duluth — can assign away First Amendment rights in a public space by renting it to a private organization which then seeks to ban certain expression. Now we know. It can’t, a federal judge has ruled.

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Education

A Macalester carol

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2011, 11:50 AM Dec 20, 2011
3 Comments

Brian Rosenberg, the president of Macalester, stars in this Christmas video released this week.

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