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Highway 61 bridge in Hastings to be replaced

Highway 61 bridge in Hastings to be replaced

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing tonight on its plans to replace the Highway 61 Bridge in Hastings.
by Toni Randolph

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Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session

Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session

DFL legislative leaders join Midday while travelling around the state to give their take on the session that ended at midnight. Then, Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks with reporters after meeting with his advisers to plan cuts he will enact to balance the budget on his own.

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Midmorning Weekend: Scientific discovery

Midmorning Weekend: Scientific discovery

Midmorning Weekend revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

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What does the Google outage tell us about the Internet giant?

What does the Google outage tell us about the Internet giant?

If you trying to do an internet search earier today or have G-mail, you may have noticed some trouble with access to Google. The internet giant is reporting that some users couldn't access those e-mail accounts, or even the search engine for sometime this morning.

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Midwest group unveils climate change plan

Representatives from six Midwest states and one Canadian province completed a plan today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Ski trek to North Pole is an American first

Ski trek to North Pole is an American first

An Ely man and his fellow arctic adventurer are back from an unprecedented North Pole expedition. Tyler Fish and John Huston made a 55-day trek across the Arctic Ocean without any external help; skiing, snowshoeing, and even swimming their way to the top of the Earth.
by William Wilcoxen

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Director Duncan Jones takes philosophy to the moon

Director Duncan Jones takes philosophy to the moon

Film director Duncan Jones had some very specific goals as he approached his first feature film. He wanted to work with character actor Sam Rockwell, he wanted to make a science fiction film and he wanted to blend in some philosophy.
by Euan Kerr

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Neighbors share concerns about Prairie Island nuclear plant

Neighbors share concerns about Prairie Island nuclear plant

Some neighbors of the Prairie Island nuclear plant are not happy about plans to expand the plant's production, and to store additional nuclear waste on-site.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Craigslist founder to attend slain woman's memorial

The founder of Craigslist will attend a benefit in Minnesota for a woman who was slain while answering an ad for a baby sitter on the popular Internet site.

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Minn. researchers find 'smoking gun' link between nicotine and cancer

Minn. researchers find 'smoking gun' link between nicotine and cancer

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have detected two substances in tobacco smoke that directly cause lung cancer, and they say the finding may help one day predict which smokers will develop the disease.
by Lorna Benson

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