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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2013

The shot at glory

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 6:57 PM Feb 22, 2013
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Just when you’re ready to give up on the news, they rip your heart out with this confound better part of humanity.

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The jobs we do

The plow driver everyone wanted fired

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 3:38 PM Feb 22, 2013
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First this disclaimer: We here at NewsCut are nothing but appreciative of the work you snowplow drivers do and we acknowledge upfront that the person we’re about to tell you about is not representative of your profession.

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Economy

Closed airport towers a potential ‘calamity?’ Not likely

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 1:55 PM Feb 22, 2013
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it’s good to keep the dire warnings in perspective and requiring a transportation secretary to explain how closing towers at airports without airline service is going to significant hamper the airline traveling public.

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The ‘new’ math

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 12:34 PM Feb 22, 2013
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A teacher had students write math problems, the students wrote math problems about slaves, the teacher handed out the problems, and there are some parents — some parents — who wonder what the big deal is?

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Hey, that’s our bear!

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 12:22 PM Feb 22, 2013
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There’s something not quite right when a polar bear seems happier in Kansas City than the Northland of Minnesota.

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It was 33 years ago…

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 11:21 AM Feb 22, 2013
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We may never hear of another coach’s speech like the one Herb Brooks gave that afternoon.

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Five by 8

How outrageous hospital practices drive health care costs (5×8 – 2/22/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 7:42 AM Feb 22, 2013
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What’s behind the medical device provider tax, it’s OK to love the Metrodome, the 14 year old and the things she thinks she can do, when bullying was a story, and kite skiing in Minnesota.

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Dispatches from the land of husbands and wives

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2013, 2:59 PM Feb 21, 2013
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The Associated Press Stylebook, the bible from which journalists take their cue for proper wordsmithing, finally acknowledged that a woman can have a wife and a man can have a husband.

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Nature vs. nurture, continued: Throwing ‘like a girl’

Nate Minor February 21, 2013, 2:00 PM Feb 21, 2013
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It’s more than just men’s physical strength that leads to their superior throwing ability, argues sociologist Lisa Wade.

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People doing good

Fighting the cost of health care, one shoeshine at a time

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2013, 1:24 PM Feb 21, 2013
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In Pittsburgh, a shoeshine man — Albert Lexie — has been working in a hospital for children and usually gets tipped a dollar or two. It adds up, especially since he donates the money — about $200,000 so far — to the families of sick kids.

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Who built America?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2013, 1:06 PM Feb 21, 2013
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The U.S. Postal Service announced today that later this year it will begin selling some ‘forever’ stamps that honor ‘the people who built America.’

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Weather

Driving on an ice road: Do you feel lucky?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2013, 11:23 AM Feb 21, 2013
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It was a short lifespan for an extension of County Road H in Bayfield, Wisconsin yesterday. The Bayfield Ice Road, connecting Bayfield with Madeline Island, opened to light trucks and cars this week. But, today, according to the Madeline Island Ferry Line Facebook page, it was closed while officials look for another route across a portion of Lake Superior.

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Five by 8

Sins of the parents (5×8 – 2/21/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2013, 7:08 AM Feb 21, 2013
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How does a sweet kid end up the killer on the 6 o’clock news, the wrong black history in Woodbury, a red light for traffic cameras, everything you want to know about the sequester, and learning standing up in Fargo.

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What’s the big threat at Timberwolves games?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2013, 2:48 PM Feb 20, 2013
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For years, the Minnesota Timberwolves have required fans to pass through hand-held metal detectors. The team, in fact, was more security-conscious than any other sports team in town, dating back to well before 2001. Back then the threat was gang violence. Now it’s mass shooting. You opened up your jacket, they felt your pockets, they Read more →

Five by 8

The value of a college degree? A job (5×8 – 2/20/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2013, 7:13 AM Feb 20, 2013
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Low pay beats no pay, should teachers be required to pass a test to teach, your biggest failure, privacy over accuracy in the note home from school, and the end is cosmically near.

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