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Combat training: Can female marines get the job done?

Combat training: Can female marines get the job done?

The Marine Corps is experimenting with inserting females into roles that have historically been limited to males. This story is part of an ongoing project about America's troops.

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Racial disparities in arrests are prevalent, but cause isn't clear

Racial disparities in arrests are prevalent, but cause isn't clear

Ferguson police statistics show the department does arrest blacks at a higher rate than other racial groups. But that disparity is true for police departments across the country.

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Community Action shutdown shuffles energy assistance funds

Community Action shutdown shuffles energy assistance funds

Community Action Minneapolis' shutdown will leave many low-income people - who relied on CAM for energy assistance, career counseling, or other services - to look for help elsewhere.

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Affordable housing headed to St. Paul's Old Home Dairy

The plan is to build 60 units of affordable housing — including seven apartments for people who have been homeless for a long time — at the former home of the Minnesota Milk Company on University Avenue.
by Peter Cox

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Obama opponents do a weapons check on immigration

Even before President Obama actually announced his new deferred deportation policy, Republicans were denouncing it and threatening retaliation. But what will they do?

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‘Doubling down, tripling down, and what KSTP is doing’

‘Doubling down, tripling down, and what KSTP is doing’

Add the Columbia Journalism Review to journalism sources having a hard time fathoming what KSTP was thinking in its 'Pointergate' story.
by Bob Collins

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Marc Solomon on 'Winning Marriage,' U.S. same-sex marriage campaigns

Marc Solomon on 'Winning Marriage,' U.S. same-sex marriage campaigns

Marc Solomon is one of the men who's been on the front lines of many campaigns. He is the national campaign director for the group Freedom to Marry.

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