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OccupyMN protesters planning for coming work week

OccupyMN protesters planning for coming work week

Many members of the OccupyMN movement are preparing to blend their life of activism with the normal work week as they return to their jobs Monday.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Feds vow crackdown on Calif. pot operations

Feds vow crackdown on Calif. pot operations

Federal authorities in California vowed to shut down dozens of pot growing and sales operations in a major crackdown.

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Remembering civil rights hero Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

A giant in the civil rights movement that many people did not know, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth died Wednesday in Birmingham at the age of 89. He was beaten, bombed and jailed dozens of times during an adult lifetime fighting for, and preaching for, civil rights for black Americans. Listen to a 1998 conversation with Gary Eichten in the MPR studios.

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Exhibit on tribal treaties opens in St. Paul

Exhibit on tribal treaties opens in St. Paul

The treaty exhibit was the result of a two-year collaboration between tribal elders, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
by Madeleine Baran

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Prominent Republicans join effort against marriage amendment

Several prominent state Republicans and GOP organizations are joining the effort against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage in Minnesota.
by Tim Pugmire

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Minn. suicide rate holds steady in recession, bucking norm

Minn. suicide rate holds steady in recession, bucking norm

Mental health advocates say the stable rate could be because the state is doing a good job of reaching out to residents in crisis. But they also say suicide is a deeply complicated situation that's rarely explained by just one event.
by Lorna Benson

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Authorities to set ground rules for Occupy MN protests

Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek says he's meeting Thursday with representatives of a planned protest set to begin in Minneapolis Friday.
by Tim Nelson

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Minn. seniors don't take advantage of food stamp program

An analysis of state data released Wednesday shows many Minnesota seniors who are eligible for food stamps aren't signed up.
by Julie Siple

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Report: Mpls. race, ethnic-based disparities pervasive

The Minneapolis Foundation report is a compilation of data gathered in two dozen categories researchers say are key indicators of well-being - including education and employment.
by Brandt Williams

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