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High-tech camera will take crop photos from space

High-tech camera will take crop photos from space

When the Space Shuttle Endeavour blasts off just before 7 p.m. Friday night, it will be carrying a powerful camera that's designed to help farmers in the upper midwest.
by Tom Crann

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St. Paul native makes another trip to space

St. Paul native makes another trip to space

NASA officials are optimistic the weather will cooperate for this evening's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour with a Minnesota astronaut aboard. Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper is making her second shuttle trip.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Craigslist attempts to limit prostitution ads.

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Software empowers cell phones to fight traffic

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What does the election of Barack Obama mean for technology?

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U of M marks 100 years of mortuary science training

U of M marks 100 years of mortuary science training

In the early days at the U of M, the field was dominated by men. But the profession is now more popular among women.
by Lorna Benson

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Breakthrough technology for 2008

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Duluth professor finds corrosion-causing bacteria

Duluth professor finds corrosion-causing bacteria

A university professor says his research team has discovered an iron-oxidizing bacteria that might be eating away at docks in the Twin Ports.

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Future Tense substitute host Bob Collins talks with a man who's invented a new jet pack.

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Minneapolis doctors save twins with new procedure

Minneapolis doctors save twins with new procedure

A pair of babies born in Minneapolis this week are among the first in the Midwest to undergo a new procedure to fix a rare, but often fatal condition shared by twins.

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