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Vatican no fan of Star Wars

Vatican no fan of Star Wars

It's not every day that a Vatican entity longs for more evil in the world.
by Bob Collins

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On radio, the daily heroes you never hear

On radio, the daily heroes you never hear

When I started NewsCut eight years ago this month, one of the things I wanted to do was provide the occasional behind-the-scenes look at MPR News, an area most people never get to see unless you take one of my patented two-hour in-person tours. I never got around to it but being called out of radio talk-show retirement in the last couple of weeks to fill in for Kerri Miller reminded me again that radio is an iceberg, most of which lies beneath the surface.
by Bob Collins

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A Christmas card for the man who killed her parents

Ten years ago today, Daniel Jay (apparently not his real name) went to a Christmas party, got drunk, then hit the road. Then he hit Emily Pothast's parents. Her mom died instantly. Her dad bled to death in the hospital.
by Bob Collins

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A final salute for an organ donor

A final salute for an organ donor

Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Whalen suffered a massive and sudden stroke in Dallas. He couldn't be saved, but he was kept alive so that his organs could be donated to someone else.
by Bob Collins

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Aaron being Aaron

Oh, nothing. Just goofing off at work on a slow news day watching Aaron Rodgers being all Aaron Rodgers. You?
by Bob Collins

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Superior mayor tests a right to hate the Obamas

Bruce Hagen, the mayor Superior, Wisc., is in trouble with some of his constituents for making a personal opinion on his Facebook page, adding more fuel to a growing debate in America: What link should there -- or shouldn't there -- be between someone's personal opinion (no matter how insipid) and their public role?
by Bob Collins

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When the holidays aren’t what they’re cracked up to be

This is my final day filling in for Kerri Miller on her MPR talk show and, I suppose, we're not going to exactly 'leave 'em laughing.'
by Bob Collins

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Freedom of expression on Facebook is issue in BLM-MOA showdown

If we can defend the right to burn a cross in St. Paul, we can surely defend the right to post a message on Facebook, or to be compelled by the government to post something on Twitter.
by Bob Collins

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Despite new evidence, Billy Glaze died a serial killer

Just a week after he was diagnosed with lung cancer, Billy Glaze died this morning, the Star Tribune reports. He was convicted of a series of murders of American Indian women in Minneapolis in the 1980s. But he may have been an innocent man.
by Bob Collins

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On journalists in the line of fire

CBS News anchor Scott Pelley reminds us that if some people didn't get in the line of fire, the public might never know what happened. Sixty-nine journalists have been killed in 2015.
by Bob Collins

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