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August 19, 2009 04:04 PM EDT --
MPR NewsQ is reporting a tornado touchdown north of downtown Minneapolis , and numerous warnings for other parts of the Twin Cities, including: Anoka, northeastern Hennepin County, and western Ramsey . . .
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June 17, 2009 10:34 AM EDT --
Jane Kirkpatrick had family history to inspire her new novel, A Flickering Light , she recently told MPR arts reporter Euan Kerr. The book tells the story of her grandmother, Jessie Gaebele, as a photographer . . .
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June 18, 2009 10:22 AM EDT --
MPR's Martin Moylan reported this morning on Morning Edition that the current job and stock markets have put a double whammy of a squeeze on parents' abilities to save for college. Here's his lead:
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August 03, 2009 10:23 AM EDT --
I have something to admit to you all. I haven't quite finished The Sun Also Rises yet, though I've gotten further along! It's my goal to finish that during what is shaping up to be a lovely month of . . .
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August 05, 2009 04:25 PM EDT --
Thursday in the 10 o'clock hour of Midmorning, Kerri Miller talks to experts Sharon Meers (author of Getting to 50/50 ) and Judy Rosener (professor emerita at the UC Irvine School of Business and author . . .
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July 20, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
Gangs have been popular topics of conversation recently, especially since January and the release of Clint Eastwood's flick Gran Torino. In the film, Eastwood plays a man who stands up to the gang members . . .
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July 22, 2009 12:36 PM EDT --
We've all been guilty of distracted driving at one time or another, whether it be because we were talking on the phone, texting, looking at our directions to an unfamiliar place, playing around with the . . .
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August 04, 2009 01:06 PM EDT --
MPR's Melanie Sommer just reported that Sparky V, the fifth sea lion to play the role of Sparky at the Como Zoo, has died. He was 31, and the expected life-span for a sea lion is up to 25 years. Read . . .
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June 30, 2009 10:24 AM EDT --
It's that time of year again, when the air-conditioners and the hard-core-summer-experiencers split. So which camp do you fall into? Does 70 become 50 in your house, or do you at least have to wait until . . .
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July 14, 2009 10:26 AM EDT --
Today MPR commentator chose to write about what he thinks should be the Minnesota motto, holding prime real estate on our license plates: "Stuff it and seethe."
He says that in a world where there are . . .
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August 13, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
As our climate continues to change, it seems that lawmakers keep coming back to alternative energy sources to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, and to the question of nuclear energy.
Stephanie Hemphill . . .
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August 18, 2009 12:01 PM EDT --
It's official: Brett Favre is the newest Minnesota Viking. This after the recent news that Favre had turned down the Vikes and Head Coach Brad Childress in favor of staying retired. After meeting . . .
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August 11, 2009 04:32 PM EDT --
By now we've all seen the news reports across various news media warning us about the threats of H1N1 flu (formerly known as "swine flu") this fall, the new controversial vaccines, and those suggested . . .
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August 18, 2009 10:24 AM EDT --
Lots of people have money worries these days, no matter how up the economic indicators are starting to look. What are your biggest financial concerns?
This morning on Midmorning, Kerri Miller talks . . .
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August 19, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
Flying at half-staff, wearing it as clothes (not looked well-upon by flag rule followers, but hey! meet rockstars), making desserts that look like it...there are lots of ways we can express ourselves . . .
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June 25, 2009 10:24 AM EDT --
I'd say that I am. There's something about having been in school up until recently that gives me a mighty hankering to jet off somewhere, get away from it all, and relax. Of course, I'm a college student, . . .
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August 17, 2009 10:32 AM EDT --
The St. Paul man suspected in the shooting deaths of 3 Wisconsin men after a party in Menomonie this weekend died in the hospital, MPR reports this morning on MPR NewsQ.
Between this new tragedy, . . .
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July 24, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
MPR's Lorna Benson reported this morning on a conference to take place in Minneapolis next month at which researchers will share data ideas on the most effective ways to treat patients with Obsessive . . .
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July 21, 2009 10:43 AM EDT --
This morning in the 10 o'clock hour of Midmorning, Kerri Miller talks with James Levine, MD, a Mayo Clinic doctor and obesity researcher, about his new novel "The Blue Notebook," the story of a young . . .
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July 29, 2009 11:46 AM EDT --
With the United States Postal Service closing post offices across the country, the advent of Kindles, and the ubiquity of PDAs, it seems no wonder traditional newspapers are having problems staying afloat. . . .
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