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Whatever happened to the shutdown promises? (5×8 -2/28/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 7:24 AM Feb 28, 2014
12 Comments

Did lawmakers follow through on their promises to give up their shutdown pay, Herb Bergson’s battle, the ice houses that don’t want to leave Minnesota lakes, when we make things all about us, and Minnesota: The state of Daft Punk. Read more →

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Longing for the suburbs (5×8 – 2/27/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 7:36 AM Feb 27, 2014
20 Comments

Can people discuss the suburbs and cities without fighting, the great Minnesota fish scandal unfolds, in defense of Marilyn Hagerty, it’s not called ‘the working people’s stadium,’ and a benefit for Joe in Mankato Read more →

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Secrets of the Vatican, the great mailbox standoff, and the new Skymiles (5×8 – 2/26/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2014, 7:38 AM Feb 26, 2014
25 Comments

Frontline ‘kneecaps’ the Vatican, it’s clear-your-mailbox season but what if you can’t, Delta scraps the old frequent flier program, where are the women in media, and recovering from the Arrowhead 135. Read more →

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The state of sick hockey? (5×8 – 2/25/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2014, 7:18 AM Feb 25, 2014
15 Comments

Can a kid in Minnesota be a part-time hockey player, the medical marijuana issue at the Capitol, why is nobody answering at 911, the end of free TV, and the singing TV traffic guy. Read more →

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The state of snowplowing in the state (5×8 – 2/24/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2014, 6:58 AM Feb 24, 2014
14 Comments

Is plowing really worse now, the need for another miracle on ice, snowy owls and the selfish photographer, jumping through hoops for jobs, and thekilling of the Wisconsin labor union. Read more →

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Stop working. Watch hockey (5×8 – 2/21/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2014, 7:43 AM Feb 21, 2014
18 Comments

Why it’s good for your workplace to watch hockey today, why newspeople shouldn’t explain editorial decisions to the government, why don’t you move to the back of the bus, the art of shoveling the roof, and why is there homelessness? Read more →

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The Rogers Twitter scandal, the business of the minimum wage, and the art of getting old (5×8 – 2/20/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2014, 7:28 AM Feb 20, 2014
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A plea to step back from the brink in Rogers, the business of raising the minimum wage, the art of getting old, from Norway with love, and a boy and his dog. Read more →

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Achievement gap woes, a picture of hunger, and the man who won’t kiss his sister (5×8 – 2/19/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2014, 7:29 AM Feb 19, 2014
4 Comments

Decisions facing parents of African American students, breaking the stereotype of hunger, Kiev is burning, the man who wouldn’t kiss his sister, and frozen Superiority. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Five by 8

What would you give up to get rid of drunks on the road? (5×8 – 2/18/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2014, 7:20 AM Feb 18, 2014
30 Comments

Rounding up the innocent to catch the guilty, the winter of our discontent, what’s in your credit card agreement, Kevin Grow goes to the NBA, and the luck and realities of the Twin Cities classrooms. Read more →

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Hot lunches and cold hearts (5×8 – 2/17/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2014, 7:02 AM Feb 17, 2014
10 Comments

A lunch-line hero in Willmar, 45 facts about U.S. presidents, maybe we’re not really here, a droid’s eye view of the Metrodome dismantling, and the ice sculptures of Nisswa. Read more →

Five by 8 · Weather

Roses are red, violets are blue, it’s Valentine’s Day, the rest’s up to you (5×8 — 2/14/14)

Bruce MacDonald February 14, 2014, 8:16 AM Feb 14, 2014
3 Comments

Valentine’s Day, ice dams, long winters and bad cats. It’s all part of 5X8. Read more →

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Maybe the NFL is ready for a gay player (5×8 – 2/13/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2014, 7:40 AM Feb 13, 2014
9 Comments

Upon further review, the NFL may be more enlightened than the media portrays. Is racially offensive material more acceptable if it’s art? Behind the caucus night fights in Minneapolis. The viral cop photo in Saint Paul. And how to see the ice caves of Lake Superior. Read more →

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Out of money, out of time, and in a coma (5×8 – 2/12/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 6:50 AM Feb 12, 2014
9 Comments

Out of money, out of time, and in a coma. Plus: hockey parents who fight, when journalists have opinions, should a parent have parental rights, and the people who are about an animal. Read more →

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Does the health care law work? Who knows? (5×8 – 2/11/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2014, 7:19 AM Feb 11, 2014
3 Comments

Why does it take six years to get the health care law into effect? Hudson, home of heroin. A Duluthian has emerged as a breakout star of the Olympics, and he’s not even an athlete. Should Columbus Day be eliminated? And four things you can do while waiting for warmer weather. Read more →

Five by 8 · Weather

Tone deaf bosses, hiding a hijab, and the homeless patch of ND (5×8 – 2/10/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2014, 7:07 AM Feb 10, 2014
7 Comments

Should the government pay you to be alive, Judging a person by their cover, the homeless patch of North Dakota, it takes a village to keep a 102-year-old-woman in her home, and why on earth do we live on this sport on earth? Read more →

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