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Appetites | Climate Cast

Appetites: How to cut squash, and not your fingers

Appetites: How to cut squash, and not your fingers

Amanda Paa joined MPR's Tom Crann to talk about all things squash.
by Tom Crann

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4.5% average hike in 2015 MNsure health plan rates

4.5% average hike in 2015 MNsure health plan rates

Minnesota's 2015 premiums will be the lowest of any in the nation, the Commerce Department says. Critics argue the 4.5 percent average masks some big rate hikes.
by Tim Pugmire and Matt Sepic

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How prepared is Minnesota for Ebola?

How prepared is Minnesota for Ebola?

Public health officials say they are ready to treat and contain the disease if an infected patient arrives.
by Tim Nelson

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Hallberg's Picture of Health: The toll of stress

Hallberg's Picture of Health: The toll of stress

Host Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg discuss how stress, in not just large but small doses, adds up to bad health outcomes. The conversation was triggered by a new study on stress by Oregon State University's "Center For Healthy Aging."

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Death penalty politics enters the governor's race

Death penalty politics enters the governor's race

The death penalty hasn't surfaced as an issue in the race for governor in Minnesota. But it's another area on which the candidates disagree.
by Tim Pugmire

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Proposed transgender high school athlete policy stirs controversy

Proposed transgender high school athlete policy stirs controversy

The State High School League wants to give transgender students a chance to compete in sports while protecting their privacy. The Minnesota Child Protection League bought a full-page ad in the Star Tribune to object.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Sonja Parks is a one-woman community in 'Seedfolks'

Sonja Parks is a one-woman community in 'Seedfolks'

In 'Seedfolks,' Sonja Parks portrays 14 different characters who live near a vacant Cleveland lot. Their stories are of loss and hardship.
by Euan Kerr

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Terrorists talk nation-building, not death, to recruit Twin Cities youth

Terrorists talk nation-building, not death, to recruit Twin Cities youth

Al-Shabab once lured some in the Twin Cities with talk of rebuilding Somalia. ISIS recruiters now are using slick social media tactics to lure youth to a dream of an Islamic State.
by Peter Cox

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