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TSA chief: Body scan boycott would be mistake

TSA chief: Body scan boycott would be mistake

With one of the year's busiest traveling days fast approaching, the Obama administration's top transportation security official on Monday urged passengers angry over safety procedures not to boycott airport body scans.

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Departing Nina Archabal reflects on history

Departing Nina Archabal reflects on history

The longtime director of the Minnesota Historical Society departs at year's end. She joins Midday to talk about why history is important, the role of museums, and how best to convey the story of Minnesota's people and places.

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Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete

Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete

As families gather for Thanksgiving this year, nearly one in three American children is living with a parent who is divorced, separated or never-married. More people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren't needed to have a family.

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Popular cash-for-appliances program revived

Minnesota's popular cash-for-appliances rebate program returns Wednesday.
by Tim Nelson

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Fast food regulation

Fast food regulation

San Francisco is taking aim at McDonald's Happy Meals by requiring restaurant meals to meet certain nutritional guidelines in order to include a toy with the food purchase. Midmorning asks whether such actions will change our children's health and if the government should be policing meals.

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Local food movement searches for better system

Local food movement searches for better system

Signs of a growing local food movement are everywhere. You can see them, at Saturday farmers markets and on restaurant menus. Local apples are now served at school cafeterias. There are community gardens in city neighborhoods and small towns.
by Dave Peters

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MnDOT to mark end of I-35W-Highway 62 reconstruction

Workers are putting the finishing touches on reconstruction of the Interstate 35W and Highway 62 interchange in the south metro.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Rifle squad honors vets with 57,000 goodbyes

Rifle squad honors vets with 57,000 goodbyes

Members of a special fraternity of veterans, now all together, offer final salutes to those who, like them, served long ago.

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The future of hands-free gaming

Microsoft Kinect is a controller-free addition to the Xbox 360 video gaming system that uses a camera and sensors to put you into the game. Players use their movements and voice to control the action, and experts think the game is giving competitors Wii and PlayStation a run for their money.
by Dan Ackerman

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