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The Daily Circuit Blog

MPR News Quirks, quips and questions off the air

Archives for November 2012

Health & Medicine

Boys, steroids and the new ideal body

Stephanie Curtis November 26, 2012, 8:58 AM Nov 26, 2012
8

Why are so many young men using steroids?

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Politics & Government

A Simpson-Bowles explainer

Stephanie Curtis November 21, 2012, 8:41 AM Nov 21, 2012
25

Are you willing, as a taxpayer, to accept higher income taxes and billions in spending cuts for programs you might support? Tell us how you would fix the debt.

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Politics & Government

What can the GOP do to win the White House in 2016?

Stephanie Curtis November 20, 2012, 9:12 AM Nov 20, 2012
24

The GOP appears “to be running years behind Democrats in adapting to rapidly changing campaigns and an evolving electorate.”

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Arts & Culture

Who should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Stephanie Curtis November 19, 2012, 8:59 AM Nov 19, 2012
44

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Rush, Albert King, and Donna Summer are on the list of nominees this year.

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News & Trends

Poll: How concerned are you about cyber attacks?

Stephanie Curtis November 18, 2012, 9:37 PM Nov 18, 2012
3

President Obama recently signed a secret directive outlining how federal agencies will confront cyber attacks.

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Behind the scenes

The week ahead: from Simpson-Bowles to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Chris Dall November 16, 2012, 12:53 PM Nov 16, 2012
1

Tell us what you would like us to cover in the coming weeks.

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Science

Check out this map of the “Western Wildway Network”

Stephanie Curtis November 15, 2012, 1:59 PM Nov 15, 2012
1

At 11:20, we talk about a plan to link wilderness areas that could save North American animals and plants from extinction. Where are your favorite wilderness areas, beyond the National Parks? What is the furthest from civilization that you’ve been and what did you learn from it?

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Politics & Government

Does a leader’s private morality matter?

Stephanie Curtis November 15, 2012, 1:37 PM Nov 15, 2012
27

“I think we should be careful about casually throwing away good leaders. especially on the grounds of perosnal, private business. I think we pay too much attention to the private lives of our officials.”

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Politics & Government

Op-Ed of the Day: Covering sex scandals is a good thing

Stephanie Curtis November 15, 2012, 11:10 AM Nov 15, 2012
0

Political sex scandals have a way of engaging an otherwise apathetic public in substantive coverage about the workings of the criminal justice system, the misuse of political power, and American prudery.

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Science

Why do teens behave that way?

Stephanie Curtis November 15, 2012, 8:00 AM Nov 15, 2012
10

“In many ways, it is the most tumultuous time of brain development since coming out of the womb.”

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