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Neal Conan special: How Do Civil Wars End?

Neal Conan special: How Do Civil Wars End?

A program from former NPR host Neal Conan's new series, "Truth, Politics and Power." This edition is called "How and Why Do Civil Wars End?"

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Seals warned zoo keepers of 2012 flood, by escaping

Seals warned zoo keepers of 2012 flood, by escaping

During a flood in Duluth five years ago, two harbor seals, Vivian and Feisty, managed to escape their enclosure at the Lake Superior Zoo -- prompting a frantic search for other escaped animals.
by Sara Porter

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MPR reporter manages to find humor after being Maced in 1972 protest

MPR reporter manages to find humor after being Maced in 1972 protest

While covering an anti-war protest in 1972, MPR reporter Bob Potter was tear-gassed by a police officer. When he revisited the moment during a live show in 1992, he managed to find some humor in what happened to him.
by Sara Porter

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A history of the FBI and former American presidents

A history of the FBI and former American presidents

Exploring the relationship between the FBI and past presidents in U.S. history: A constitutional lawyer and two historians share their insights - they also take a look at President Truman's dramatic firing of General Douglas MacArthur.
by MPR News Staff

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Documentary: 'Little War on the Prairie'

Documentary: 'Little War on the Prairie'

Although Mankato native and former MPR reporter and documentary producer John Biewen grew up in Mankato, he heard next to nothing about the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 during his childhood there.
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden started with a dream to educate others

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden started with a dream to educate others

Martin Friedman had dreamed for 15 years about an outdoor sculpture garden that would change with the seasons, and inspire those who interacted with each piece. His dream came true in 1988.
by Sara Porter

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How ospreys disappeared from southern Minnesota, and came back

How ospreys disappeared from southern Minnesota, and came back

There are at least 100 active osprey nests in the Twin Cities area today, but when naturalist Kathy Heidel and Midday host Bob Potter spotted a family of the hawks during a 1987 nature walk, it was a rare and exciting event.
by Sara Porter

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On JFK's 100th birthday, 'We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kennedy Archive'

On JFK's 100th birthday, 'We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kennedy Archive'

A Memorial Day remembrance of World War II Navy veteran and former President John F. Kennedy, on what would have been his 100th birthday. "We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kennedy Archive."
by MPR News Staff

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Hmong farmers adapted to cold climate, unwelcoming people and thrived

Hmong farmers adapted to cold climate, unwelcoming people and thrived

While Hmong farmers have found a great deal of success in farmers markets around Minnesota today, in the 1980s many struggled with learning American farming techniques and were greeted with opposition in the rural community they tried to make home.
by MPR News Staff

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'I make the decisions,' said '80s Mpls. police chief

One of the more colorful and controversial public figures we have covered over the last 50 years is former Minneapolis police chief Tony Bouza, who led the department from 1980 to 1989.
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