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Archives for March 2012

Trayvon Martin in song

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 2:30 PM Mar 27, 2012

Eventually, every major news story reaches the ‘YouTube song’ stage.

The weapon against assailants in jets: Passengers

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 2:00 PM Mar 27, 2012

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For all the fancy screening gadgets and heavy restrictions, video of an incident on a JetBlue flight today shows the biggest change since 9/11 and why the attacks are not likely to be repeated.

Today’s Supreme Court audio

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 12:26 PM Mar 27, 2012

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Here’s this morning’s audio from the arguments in the Affordable Care Act challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court.

In Minnesota, housing prices may have hit bottom

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 11:42 AM Mar 27, 2012

The Case-Shiller index, which measures the resale value of homes, reports today that the home prices in the Minneapolis market dropped only .8 percent in January.

Not so pretty in pink

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 10:46 AM Mar 27, 2012

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We are what we eat. That old saying keeps coming up the more we find out what’s in the food we consume.

The rights of the many v. the rights of the few (5×8 – 3/27/12)

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 7:02 AM Mar 27, 2012

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Chasing drug use in public housing, rabbits and the tax code, eye on the eagles, trucker bombs in North Dakota, and some shoes for Igor.

The oil spill that keeps on killing

Bob Collins March 26, 2012, 4:04 PM Mar 26, 2012

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Researchers say coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico have been killed.

Saint Paul’s Block E

Bob Collins March 26, 2012, 1:15 PM Mar 26, 2012

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Maybe the Penfield will evolve into something other than the embarrassment it now is.

Mixing weather and climate

Bob Collins March 26, 2012, 12:09 PM Mar 26, 2012

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It’s getting harder and harder to know when it’s OK to mix climate and weather together.

The case of the unknowing spouse and the mortgage

Bob Collins March 26, 2012, 11:41 AM Mar 26, 2012

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Misrepresenting your status on a mortgage application can’t be used as a reason to walk away from debt.

Public radio humor (continued)

Bob Collins March 26, 2012, 10:48 AM Mar 26, 2012

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Are there more “strange” names in public radio than other media?

Why we needed a ‘real’ winter (5×8 – 3/26/12)

Bob Collins March 26, 2012, 7:09 AM Mar 26, 2012

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When suffering is required, health care and the high court, a Vikings stadium smackdown, the war against schools, and are you cash free yet?

This week’s roundtable.

Bob Collins March 23, 2012, 3:35 PM Mar 23, 2012

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It was proven beyond all doubt today that you can tweet and talk at the same time on the Daily Circuit’s Friday Roundtable.

SUV v. tailpipe

Bob Collins March 23, 2012, 1:50 PM Mar 23, 2012

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An exhaust system falls off a vehicle and crashes through the window of a trailing SUV.

The ethics of the Koch/Brodkorb affair examined

Bob Collins March 23, 2012, 12:35 PM Mar 23, 2012

A Republican official answers allegations he attempted to cover up the affair between Sen. Amy Koch and her deputy, Michael Brodkorb.