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Attention, Boston: It’s just baseball

A baseball championship is just a baseball championship. Period. Everything else is just a sportswriter who needs a catchy lede.
by Bob Collins

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The question journalists need to ask when covering health insurance

Like many people, I’ve been following the stories of people who are losing their health insurance as insurance companies cancel policies because they don’t meet the standards of the new health care law. People insisted they “liked” their old policies. And maybe they did. But it’s time to demand we get a look at those…
by Bob Collins

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NPR’s ‘news DJ’ may be next to go in staff cuts

NPR’s ‘news DJ’ may be next to go in staff cuts

Andy Carvin has been offered a buyout from NPR, which is shedding 10 percent of its workforce.
by Bob Collins

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Drunk drivers, ‘those people,’ Nice Rides, shaved heads, and Scandinavians (5 x 8 – 10/31/13)

Drunk drivers, ‘those people,’ Nice Rides, shaved heads, and Scandinavians (5 x 8 – 10/31/13)

Why you don't have a choice whether to submit to drunk driving testing, the hungry people, a bumpy ride for Nice Ride's supplier, Shave for the Cure in St. Cloud, and how Scandinavian are we really?
by Bob Collins

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30 ballparks in 30 days: The movie

30 ballparks in 30 days: The movie

Blind fan Reggie Deal's efforts to see baseball games in all 30 big league result in a telling video.
by Bob Collins

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The things that keep a community a community (5 x 8 – 10/30/13)

The things that keep a community a community (5 x 8 – 10/30/13)

Last of the small-town radio stations, claim: rate shock for health care is good, diversity and the Walker Art Center audience, when winter comes and you're homeless, and the great Minnesota hunting ammunition shortage of 2013.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 10/29/13

Mary and Bob – 10/29/13

NSA boss says 'everybody does it,' Medicare boss issues the apology of the day, another lawsuit alleging priest abuse in the Twin Cities, ground is broken for a new Surly brewery, a reunion of Superstorm Sandy babies, and the death of the woman who never aged.
by Bob Collins

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