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Commentator Peter Smith on the coming of fall

It's officially fall. Yesterday at 10:44 a.m. marked the autumnal equinox, the date each year when the sun begins spending more time below the horizon than above it. That moment is considered the official beginning of fall in the northern hemisphere. But commentator Peter Smith does not mark the change in seasons by looking to the sky. He sees the change at the end of his own bed.

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Venison donation program undergoes changes

Venison donation program undergoes changes

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has new requirements for processors who want to donate venison to Minnesota food shelves, after discovering lead fragments in packages of hunter-donated meat last spring.
by Lorna Benson

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Cutting-edge technology makes new 35W bridge a model for future

Cutting-edge technology makes new 35W bridge a model for future

How fast the new bridge was completed has some people wondering how safe it will be, but officials say the bridge's advanced design and cutting-edge technology make it a model for bridge building in the future.
by Jessica Mador

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Beyond T-ball on the White House lawn

Beyond T-ball on the White House lawn

A president's day always has its share of ceremonial events. But the modern U.S. presidency is a job ruled by the schedule and governed by a large staff. Two historians talk about how presidents really spend their time.

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Protest as social action

Protest as social action

During the Republican National Convention, 818 activists were arrested during street protests as well as preemptive raids. Midmorning examines the purpose of protest and explores its role in social movements.

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It's time to split wood for winter

It's time to split wood for winter

The political conventions are in the rear view mirror. Students are back in school. It's autumn in Minnesota. Commentator Peter Smith says it's time to go split some firewood.
by Peter Smith

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