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News Cut: June 23, 2010 Archive

Five by 8 - 6/23/10: Knowledge, passion, and fun

Posted at 7:46 AM on June 23, 2010 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Five by 8

Comparing your kids with China's, should pols be voting themselves pay raises, the BWCA under assault from above and below, a good duck story, and in defense of a state rep on the Iron Range.

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Gen. McChrystal and the racing pierogi

Posted at 10:40 AM on June 23, 2010 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)

Rolling Stone has now posted the article that got Gen. Stanley McChrystal fired -- or not -- on its Web site.

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State worker union pushes back

Posted at 11:17 AM on June 23, 2010 by Bob Collins (6 Comments)
Filed under: Politics

MAPE unveils a series of radio ads designed, essentially, to counter the assertion that government is a bad thing.

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The Twitter excuse

Posted at 2:42 PM on June 23, 2010 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)
Filed under: Tech

Politicians pretend their Twitter accounts are really from them, until it serves their purpose to deny it.

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Slick from space

Posted at 3:47 PM on June 23, 2010 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)
Filed under: Disasters

NASA has released this satellite photo of the Gulf of Mexico, with the oil slick clearly visible.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: Rolling Stone's relevance

Posted at 4:55 PM on June 23, 2010 by Bob Collins (4 Comments)
Filed under: Mary and Bob

Mary Lucia reveals why Rolling Stone, which has brought down a general, had become irrelevant.

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