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July 9, 2010 8:42 AM

Bill Gates, educator Geoffrey Canada at Aspen

Microsoft Chair Bill Gates talks about his ideas for health care. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given money to combat malaria and improve health care in countries around the world. Also Geoffrey Canada on his vision of improving education for children who attend the worst performing schools.

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July 8, 2010 4:17 PM

State approves Monticello-St. Cloud power line route

The state of Minnesota has approved a route for a high-voltage electric transmission line between Monticello and St. Cloud.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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July 8, 2010 9:29 AM

Founders of Twitter tell their story at Aspen Ideas Festival

Every day 70 million tweets are sent. Two of the co-founders of Twitter explain how this company, and this phenomenon, came to be and where it is headed.

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July 5, 2010 1:29 PM

Minn. paleontologist set to name new dinosaur species

Kristi Curry Rogers, former curator of paleontology at the Science Museum of Minnesota, has been working for 10 years to try to identify the new species.

by Perry Finelli

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July 5, 2010 5:00 AM

For some Minnesota loons, this fall's migration will be a one-way trip

Some loons winter along the East Coast, but others will head straight for the oil spill.

by Carrol L. Henderson

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July 5, 2010 12:00 AM

Dinosaur discoveries: new research on Earth's oldest reptiles

Paleontologist Kristi Curry Rogers talks about her work on a new species of long-necked dinosaur, and how the discovery of the animal's "brain case" in Madagascar is the key to its identity. She also discusses recent developments in the world of paleontology, including the unearthing of the world's largest bed of dinosaur fossils in western Canada, new evidence on dinosaur mating rituals, and what today's ostriches can teach us about how two-legged dinos moved through space.

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July 2, 2010 8:44 AM

High-tech car for blind people may become reality

Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality.

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July 1, 2010 12:00 AM

Can empathy save the world?

Conventional wisdom has long held that humans are by nature materialistic and self-interested. But scholar and writer Jeremy Rifkin argues in his new book that science is forcing us to rethink this notion, and that the growth of human empathy could help solve the problems that confront the world.