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Community college rocket team ready for NASA contest

Community college rocket team ready for NASA contest

Inver Hills Community College isn't known for rocket science, but a team of 15 students from the school in Inver Grove Heights is ready to put their rocket up against engineering powerhouses like MIT and Purdue University.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Internet security and the Epsilon data breach

Internet security and the Epsilon data breach

Experts say that millions of people may be affected by a massive security breach at online marketing firm Epsilon. Today, we discuss the significance of this data breach and look at ways to protect information against cyber thieves.

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Southwest grounds more planes

Southwest grounds more planes

Cracks have been found in three more Southwest Airlines planes following a midair incident in which a hole opened up in the fuselage of one of its jets. Some air safety experts believe the incident raises concerns about airline maintenance and safety.

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Best Buy, US Bank among companies warning of security breach

Best Buy Co., TiVo Inc., and Walgreen Co. are the latest in a seemingly endless string of companies to warn over the weekend that hackers gained access to customers' files, including email addresses.

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David Brooks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum

David Brooks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum

Author and New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses his new book, "The Social Animal," at the Westminster Town Hall forum. Brooks examines discoveries in neuroscience and cognition that reveal how life is shaped by imagination, emotion, and intuition.

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Rushford hopes for a big future in nanotechnology

Rushford hopes for a big future in nanotechnology

The government says nanotechnology will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the next five years. Rushford hopes some of those jobs come its way.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Parents speak out against bill banning human cloning

Parents of children with deadly and chronic diseases spoke out Thursday against a bill that would ban human cloning.
by Lorna Benson

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Duluth loses out to Kansas for Google broadband bid

Duluth loses out to Kansas for Google broadband bid

After seeing Facebook pleas and flash mobs, and even cities temporarily renaming themselves "Google," the search engine giant said Wednesday it has chosen Kansas City, Kan., as the first place to get its new ultra-fast broadband network.

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Marketplace Tech Report: New implants make vision possible

Marketplace Tech Report: New implants make vision possible

A new type of device placed in the eye is bringing vision to people who were not otherwise able to see. It's far from simple and doesn't offer 20/20 eyesight, but it's making a huge difference in people's lives.
by John Moe

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Marketplace Tech Report: Is everything too Googlized?

Google is an incredibly powerful company. Not just in terms of how much it knows, but in terms of how much we rely on it to present that knowledge.
by John Moe

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