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Remembering Miep Gies

Remembering Miep Gies

Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide Anne Frank from the Nazis and later saved Anne's diary, died this week in Amsterdam. She was 100 years old. Midday features a remembrance of Gies, plus an excerpt from an interview with Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel.

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On this rare map, China is the center of the world

On this rare map, China is the center of the world

A rarely seen 400-year-old map that put China at the center of the world went on display Tuesday at the Library of Congress. It will eventually be housed at the University of Minnesota.

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Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal

Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal

As we work our way out of a recession, an American RadioWorks documentary explores the lessons we can learn from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.

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Music in the midst of Sri Lanka's civil war

Music in the midst of Sri Lanka's civil war

Minnesota and journalist Jesse Hardman got an inside view of the brutal civil war in Sri Lanka, and in the midst of the chaos he came upon an amazing story of a forgotten people.
by Euan Kerr

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Vets mark 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Vets mark 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

This week marks the 65th anniversary of the start of Battle of the Bulge. It was the huge offensive mounted by the German High Command in the waning days of World War II. Some 19,000 U.S. troops died in the battle which was fought in the depths of one of the worst winters in years in Europe.
by Euan Kerr

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Historic map coming to Minnesota

Historic map coming to Minnesota

One of the world's rarest maps -- a massive print from 1602 showing the world with China as its center -- will soon be on permanent display at the University of Minnesota.
by Madeleine Baran

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The tale behind 'The Messenger'

The tale behind 'The Messenger'

A new film opening in the Twin Cities this week called "The Messenger" tells the story of two soldiers on casualty notification duty -- telling next of kin about the death of a soldier.
by Euan Kerr

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'Casanova's Homecoming' returns home

'Casanova's Homecoming' returns home

This weekend, the Minnesota Opera returns to a milestone in its history, "Casanova's Homecoming" by Minneapolis composer Dominick Argento, and it's hoped this new production will relaunch the piece.
by Euan Kerr

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Franklin exhibit to open at Minnesota History Center

Visitors to the Minnesota History Center will soon have a chance to learn more about founding father Benjamin Franklin.

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Gail Collins on women and history

Gail Collins on women and history

New York Times columnist Gail Collins profiles women who lived through perhaps the most transformative time in history, from the 1960s until the present. This is when more women achieved success in politics, sports and the working world than ever before. Collins talked with Kerri Miller before an audience at MPR's UBS Forum on October 15.

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