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October 27, 2011 5:14 PM

A multi-layered novel which deliberately leaves much to a readers imagination

"The Stranger's Child" caused one newspaper critic to say Alan Hollinghurst had a "perhaps unassailable claim to be the best English novelist working today."

by Euan Kerr

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October 25, 2011 5:50 AM

A day in the life of the harvest

A day on some of the farms of Winona County.

by Bob Collins

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October 14, 2011 4:00 AM

The hidden messages of a Renaissance master

Considered one of the greats of his time, Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer created iconic engravings and woodcuts in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It turns out the story behind the collection is as fascinating as the pictures themselves.

by Euan Kerr

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October 10, 2011 8:51 AM

Filmmaker Ken Burns at the National Press Club

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his latest series for public television, "Prohibition," at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. He talks about the social forces that shaped the prohibition movement and how it essentially hurt American progress by spurring other social ills like organized crime.

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October 9, 2011 1:38 PM

Royals stir Norway pride with trip to Minn., Iowa

Norway pride in Minnesota and Iowa is bursting ahead of an extended U.S. visit beginning this week by King Harald V and Queen Sonja.

by Brian Bakst, Associated Press and Melanie S. Welte

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October 4, 2011 3:48 PM

Rare WWII fighter plane under restoration in Bemidji

The new owner of the Sierra Sue II, a World War II fighter plane that's been featured in midwestern air shows for years, wants it to look the way it did when it rolled out of the factory nearly 70 years ago.

by Tom Robertson

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October 2, 2011 12:00 AM

New info on state's earliest inhabitants found in BWCA

On the shores of the remote Knife Lake, at least 15 miles from the nearest road and in water divided by the U.S.-Canada border, where Minnesota's earliest history is being uncovered.

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August 30, 2011 8:44 AM

Author tells true story of an American family in Hitler's Berlin

Best-selling author Erik Larson is considered a master of narrative non-fiction. He speaks at the Chautauqua Institution about his latest book, "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin", which is a window into Hitler's rise to power through the eyes of William Dodd, America's first ambassador to Nazi Germany.

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August 27, 2011 8:00 PM

Fort Snelling Military Museum gets orders to move out

On Saturday, dozens of people took advantage of what may be their last opportunity to see the Fort Snelling Military Museum. The museum, which holds more than 65 military vehicles, is set to close as part of a national consolidation.

by Rupa Shenoy