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August 22, 2006 5:00 AM

Excelsior Energy debate goes to the public

Opponents of Excelsior Energy's proposed coal gasification power plant are focusing on water discharges to Iron Range mine pit.

by Bob Kelleher

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August 21, 2006 4:25 PM

Hatch renews call for embryonic stem cell research

DFL candidate for governor Mike Hatch is trying to make embryonic stem cell research a key issue in this year's campaign. For the second time in a month, Hatch held a news conference to propose a $100 million state investment in stem cell research.

by Tim Pugmire

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August 21, 2006 12:00 AM

Inside the political mind

New brain imaging studies show that political allegiance affects how people view candidates, and that among political partisans emotion often trumps reason. Midmorning rebroadcasts a conversation with two psychologists about politics and the brain.

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August 18, 2006 12:00 PM

A Midday journey through space and time

Physicists will tell you that space and time are actually one and the same. Columbia University's Brian Greene, author of "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality," explained how that's possible in a speech at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo.

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August 9, 2006 9:44 AM

Bedbug outbreaks are on the rise

Some of us may have heard the old admonition, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite." But recent bedbug outbreaks in Duluth and around the nation's hotels, hospitals and college dorms have turned the nursery rhyme into words of warning.

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August 7, 2006 12:00 PM

Gov. Pataki's plan for "energy freedom"

In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, potential 2008 presidential candidate Gov. George Pataki, R-N.Y., discusses "Energy Freedom: Putting an End to Foreign Oil's Dangerous Grip on America's Future."

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August 7, 2006 9:00 AM

The gift of life -- on the Internet

You can get pretty much anything on the Internet these days. Cheap shoes. Used futons. A husband. And now people are turning to the Web to find kidneys and livers.

by Nikki Tundel