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The story behind the AIG ad (5×8 – 1/9/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 7:13 AM Jan 9, 2013
34 Comments

‘A’ is for ‘chutzpuh,’ lipstick on Saint Paul’s pig, the right to videotape police, Kluwe on Kluwe, and the day on Planet Creepy.

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The problem below (5×8 – 1/8/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 7:29 AM Jan 8, 2013
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The land of the rotting pipe, an annoying tax, a man and his dog, depending on the dump, and when you’re confronted by the unexpected.

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Larry Oakes’ last story (5×8 – 1/7/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2013, 7:20 AM Jan 7, 2013
8 Comments

A voice for vulnerable, on motivation, maybe our kids are smarter than we think, Iowa and the hostile work environment, and ice climbing in Saint Paul.

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The amazing, changing you (5×8 – 1/4/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 7:25 AM Jan 4, 2013
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Overestimating your ‘wonderfulness,’ jobs and the health-care law, the value of the UMD brand, whatever happened to the tornado victims, and a Moorhead man steps up for the people he didn’t know.

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Flu shot freedom (5×8 – 1/3/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 7:37 AM Jan 3, 2013
19 Comments

Do nurses have the right to refuse a flu shot, after Macy’s, the 100-year-old employee, the rescuers who die while rescuing, and the Emancipation Proclamation outloud.

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The great airplane gadget debate (5×8 – 1/2/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 7:19 AM Jan 2, 2013
8 Comments

Can gadgets bring down a plane, the recession gang, Bakken by air, back to work at a monument that may not be finished in our lifetime and let winter begin!

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Lights, camera, fracking (5×8 – 12/31/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 31, 2012, 7:32 AM Dec 31, 2012
25 Comments

Fracking 101, in search of a proper punishment, the outdated Constitution, the Russian plane crash on video, and hangover cures.

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When good stories don’t have a happy (yet) ending (5×8 – 12/27/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 27, 2012, 7:26 AM Dec 27, 2012
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Royce White and the quest for a role model, the candy-cigarette debate, reliving history in Mankato, should car seats be required on the airlines, and evaluating the 41st president.

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The rights of the many (5×8 – 12/26/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2012, 7:18 AM Dec 26, 2012
2 Comments

Focus on mental health care, the year’s news, the Oil Patch from space, Albert Lea’s story lady, and Charles Durning’s political analysis.

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Ho, Ho, Hope (5×8 -12/24/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2012, 7:27 AM Dec 24, 2012
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Paying it forward, why there’s no research on gun control, the people who don’t do their jobs and the people who just want one, the FAA v. the New York Giants, and look who’s made it from Minnesota to New Orleans.

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What are we afraid of? (5×8 – 12/21/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 7:30 AM Dec 21, 2012
9 Comments

What’s behind an old debate, veterans dying for a little help, the North Dakota cowboy lifesaver, the season of stealing, and setting a high bar for marriage proposals.

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How will rural Minnesota educate its kids? (5×8 – 12/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2012, 7:37 AM Dec 20, 2012
6 Comments

When the schools fall down, random acts of music, Mr. Ngo’s journey, your daily dose of Twin Cities road rage, and what were you doing in the 6th grade?

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Twenty-six acts of kindness (5X8 – 12/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 19, 2012, 7:20 AM Dec 19, 2012
8 Comments

Social media for good, the gun business booms, a kid named Julio,stick a fork in pro hockey, and the chemistry of a snowflake

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Social media and the stories it gets wrong (5×8 – 12/18/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2012, 7:20 AM Dec 18, 2012
7 Comments

Would you wait for a correct story; the nature of forgiveness revisited; the young sick, the old sick, and the healthy; one girl, two hockey teams; and the appealing comfort of the end of the world.

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When words aren’t necessary (5×8 – 12/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 7:08 AM Dec 17, 2012
15 Comments

The power of silence, 26 moments that restored faith in humanity, the Sunday school Christmas, where did the farmers go, and Rubio or Peterson?

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