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Minn. Department of Human Rights target of GOP cuts

Republicans seeking to balance the state budget are taking aim at the state's human rights department, an agency that probes discrimination complaints.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Martin Luther King's last march

Martin Luther King's last march

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assasinated 43 years ago today. Midday presents an American RadioWorks documentary looking at the last year of his life. Although King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America, he was viewed differently in that final year.

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HealthPartners and AT&T pull ads from KDWB after Hmong parody song

HealthPartners says it's withdrawing its ads from KDWB radio after the station aired a song about a fictional Hmong family that many found in poor taste.
by Laura Yuen

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Study: Few women advancing to top positions in Minn. companies

Study: Few women advancing to top positions in Minn. companies

A St. Catherine University study has found women are making little progress in winning seats on Minnesota corporate boards or moving into the executive suite.
by Martin Moylan

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Program tries a new way to treat seniors with dementia

Program tries a new way to treat seniors with dementia

Thousands of Minnesota nursing home residents are given powerful mood-altering drugs called antipsychotics to treat dementia. A new program seeks another way.
by Dan Olson

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In Mpls., a push to curb Somali-Indian tensions

In Mpls., a push to curb Somali-Indian tensions

In the Phillips neighborhood, longtime American Indian residents and some of their newest neighbors from Somalia are struggling to get along, but a biracial organization is trying to repair ties.
by Laura Yuen

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Ranks of suburban homeless growing in Minnesota

Homelessness is not just an urban problem, as some Twin Cities suburban counties report a striking surge in the number of people without a place to live.

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Seniors contribute to large population boom in northern Minnesota

Seniors contribute to large population boom in northern Minnesota

In the latest U.S. Census, the corridor stretching from the Brainerd Lakes area into the north woods showed big gains, and state demographers say seniors are contributing to the region's significant population growth.
by Tom Robertson

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American RadioWorks: No Place for a Woman

American RadioWorks: No Place for a Woman

Midday presents an encore broadcast of the American RadioWorks documentary, "No Place for a Woman." It recounts the women who endured abuse and harrassment while working in the male-dominated iron ore mines in northern Minnesota. A group of these women filed the nation's first sexual harrassment class action lawsuit that helped change the American workplace forever.

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