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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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Benefits of a bad economy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 11:53 AM Feb 26, 2013
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When the economy is bad, fewer teens die in car crashes.

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The Hummer Helmet man passes on

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 11:08 AM Feb 26, 2013
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By way of the Star Tribune today, we learned of the death earlier this month of David Leslie, 84, a Twin Cities stockbroker who was probably better known for his love and knowledge of birds.

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Giving up baby

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 1:05 PM Feb 25, 2013
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An Iowa woman documents her decision to put her baby up for adoption.

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Why don’t Americans eat horses?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 11:58 AM Feb 25, 2013
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When any food scandal breaks, the real story isn’t so much what’s in the food, but why a system of inspection and monitoring wasn’t able to prevent it from reaching the dinner plate.

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The Onion crosses the line

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 11:02 AM Feb 25, 2013
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If a website known for biting satire issues an apology, should it be taken seriously? Or is it satire too?

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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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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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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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Where do Girl Scout cookies go to die?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2013, 2:24 PM Feb 15, 2013
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It was only last week that I wondered on Twitter why we don’t hear a lot of controversy surrounding the Girl Scouts?

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The new guy in town

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2013, 10:52 AM Feb 15, 2013
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If what happened this week in Crookston actually made it to an episode of A Prairie Home Companion’s ‘News From Lake Wobegon’ segment, it could be good for laughs.

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Fighting Facebook with Facebook

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 7, 2013, 2:20 PM Feb 7, 2013
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An Eagle River, Wisconsin woman, who was a Green Bay Packers cheerleader, is fighting back against the online insults she received when a picture of her was posted to the Chicago Bears fan page, describing her as ‘ugly.’

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Commuting in the Twin Cities: Is 4 minutes a big deal?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 5, 2013, 3:15 PM Feb 5, 2013
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The Texas A&M University Transportation Institute has released a report saying that traffic congestion in the Twin Cities makes us spend 34 hours more a year in the car than we otherwise would if there were substantially less traffic woes.

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How many people does a president need?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2013, 2:59 PM Feb 4, 2013
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Joel Breeggemann posted this short video today as President Obama’s motorcade sped through a neighborhood in North Minneapolis today.

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Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/31/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 31, 2013, 4:53 PM Jan 31, 2013
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The worst of the flu is over, gun control at the Capitol, the hostage drama underground in Alabama, Apple blocks Java, the pistachio fight in Woodbury, and how Facebook saved the gay dog.

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Super Bowl hype adds anti-gay to agenda

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2013, 2:05 PM Jan 30, 2013
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Apparently, nobody in New Orleans is interested in talking about a big game coming up.

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