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March 29, 2013 3:33 PM

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and economist Muhammad Yunus speaks in Minneapolis at the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Forum. The father of micro-lending called for a world where unemployment and poverty are unknown.

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March 28, 2013 3:00 PM

Retired officer and U of M alum recalls his role in repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

A retired officer returns to Minnesota and describes the process that led to repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

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March 27, 2013 3:59 PM

Photos: Connecting the needy with homeware necessities

A non-profit founded in 1987 by the 88-year-old Heitzman at a suburban Twin Cities church, Bridging has grown into one of North America's largest furniture stores in which customers too poor to pay can shop for free.

by Jennifer Simonson

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March 27, 2013 2:26 PM

Supreme Court skeptical of federal marriage law

In a major gay rights case, the Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits that go to other married people.

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March 27, 2013 9:12 AM

Calif. gay marriage at the Supreme Court: excerpts

Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court

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March 27, 2013 8:56 AM

Live blog: Supreme Court tackles DOMA

Today the court will focus on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), just a day after the nine justices considered the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage.

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March 27, 2013 4:00 AM

'It's bad for business': Employers side with DOMA opponents

Nearly 300 companies have filed a brief arguing that the Defense of Marriage Act hits them where it counts: their bottom lines.

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March 26, 2013 12:58 PM

MN housing: Poor struggle despite recovery

New data show an improving economy is beginning to benefit the state's homeowners, but those at the bottom of the economic ladder continue to experience financial distress.

by Jessica Mador

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March 26, 2013 11:23 AM

Isabel Wilkerson speaking on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, speaking at the 2011 MPR Broadcast Journalist Series about her non-fiction book about the great migration of African-Americans from the south to the north and west. "The Warmth of Other Suns" won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She spoke with MPR's Stephen Smith at the University of St. Thomas.