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NPR creates a united state of music

NPR creates a united state of music

What happens when you invite 350 musicians to learn a new piece of music, then invite them to assemble on the street and take a crack at playing it? NPR did it. “But what we’ve found, and what is so incredibly gratifying, is that amazingly talented and generous people join in — this year, about…
by Bob Collins

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World Cup: Enough with the Nazi references

World Cup: Enough with the Nazi references

It's been about 70 years since World War II, but when Germany beat Brazil in the World Cup this week, it unleashed a torrent of Nazi references on social media. Why?
by Bob Collins

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What we can learn from Erling and Emmett

What we can learn from Erling and Emmett

It'd be just fine with us if Erling Kindem, 89, and Emmett Rychner,3, get their own reality show.
by Bob Collins

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SWAT unit kills dogs in drug search

You're a police officer executing a search warrant. Instead of knocking on a door, you break it down. Two dogs inside start barking. What do you do?
by Bob Collins

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About that cure for HIV

A cure for HIV. The words flow so easily, it’s possible not to grasp the meaning. A cure for HIV . For those who remember the fear that accompanied the realization that there was an insidious and unknown disease at work, the news that a child born with HIV has been cured — or at…
by Bob Collins

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The festivals of Minnesota

The festivals of Minnesota

One of these days on NewsCut we’re going to have to have an NCAA-Tournament-style competition of summertime festivals. When we do, remind me to include Pequot Lakes’ Bean Hole Days, which wrapped up yesterday, according to the Brainerd Dispatch. There’s something oddly comforting about a town that will turn out in the middle of the…
by Bob Collins

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Empire Builder blues: Oil trains kill Amtrak schedule

Empire Builder blues: Oil trains kill Amtrak schedule

Crude rules the rails right now. Oil deliveries are trumping food right now, so forget Amtrak passengers.
by Paul Tosto

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Buy legal marijuana. Get fired

Buy legal marijuana. Get fired

It was a big day this week for potheads in Washington state when the first legalized sales of marijuana took place. In Spokane, Mike Boyer camped out to be the first in line. But Mike provides a great lesson. Even if you’re buying legal pot, ix-nay on the ameras-cay. He’s been fired from his security…
by Bob Collins

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NPR: You can’t handle the retweet

Do newsroom bosses give the audience enough credit for understanding social media? NPR has put the question in the spotlight after an education reporter tweeted on an NPR account that while she tries to provide diverse voices, only the white voices call her back. That’s a typical social media grenade and one of NPR’s news…
by Bob Collins

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Bombing mosquitoes

Bombing mosquitoes

Over a few dozen years watching the pilots for the mosquito control districts, I’ve concluded you have to be just a little bit of a daredevil to drop the mosquito bombs, at least watching them from afar. MPR’s Tim Post today has a different perspective on these people. Clearly, there’s not a lot of room…
by Bob Collins

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