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MSP airport enlists volunteers to help security efforts

MSP airport enlists volunteers to help security efforts

While there are cameras watching the edges of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, officials say there's no substitute for eyes and ears. Police at some world airports, including MSP, are recruiting volunteers to help boost security against possible attacks.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Twin Cities metro heroin use a growing worry

People who track drug abuse in the metro area say heroin use is so prevalent that it's rivaling the methamphetamine problem of several years ago.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Demographic change amplifying racial inequities

Demographic change amplifying racial inequities

The success of minority children who will form a new majority is crucial to future U.S. economic competitiveness. A wave of immigration, the aging of non-Hispanic white women beyond child-bearing years and a new baby boom are diminishing the proportion of children who are white. Already, half of U.S. children younger than 1 are Hispanic, black, Asian, Native American or of mixed races.

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Minn. groups get $1.6M to combat vet homelessness

More help will be available for Minnesota veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness thanks to new federal grants.
by Julie Siple

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LGBT group finds acceptance at evangelical college

LGBT group finds acceptance at evangelical college

An openly gay seminarian hopes to promote acceptance for other gays in the broader evangelical community through his role as president of the nation's first LGBT student club sanctioned by a major evangelical seminary. The group, called OneTable, formed last fall at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, one of the world's largest multi-denominational seminaries, and has attracted about three dozen students.

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Malala to UN: Books are 'our most powerful weapons'

Malala to UN: Books are 'our most powerful weapons'

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, celebrated her 16th birthday Friday by demanding in her first public speech since the attack that world leaders provide free compulsory schooling for every child.

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Farm bill panned by hunger relief advocates

Food stamps are traditionally part of the farm bill, but the House split the bill into two pieces in order to get more conservative support. Republican leaders say they'll handle food stamps later.
by Julie Siple

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Imagine the Twin Cities with no I-94

Imagine the Twin Cities with no I-94

Freeways are noisy and polluting, and they don't move traffic all that well.

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Racism and inequality in America

Racism and inequality in America

This week on the Friday Roundtable, our panelists talk about race, inequality and prejudice in America.
by Peter Bell

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No one word: Latino identity in Minnesota

No one word: Latino identity in Minnesota

The demographics of Minnesota are changing and the growing Latino community is an important part of that change. We collected the stories of more than 125 Latinos in Minnesota and asked them to choose five words or phrases that describe their identities.

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