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Help for the homeless in demand

In two thirds of cities surveyed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, emergency shelters were forced to turn people away for lack of beds - and requests for emergency food assistance jumped 24 percent over the last year.
by Jessica Mador

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Muslims in St. Cloud seek their own cemetery

When 20-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim's father died of a stroke in February, he learned that leaders at the mosque in St. Cloud could not help his family. They ended up burying his father about 60 miles away in Willmar.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Woman challenges age-old notions about infertility

Woman challenges age-old notions about infertility

When couples struggle with infertility, the social pressure can be intense. Fartun Weli is challenging age-old Somali traditions by talking about them publicly, earning attention in Minnesota and back home in Somalia.
by Rupa Shenoy

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MPR news photos of the year: Part 1

MPR news photos of the year: Part 1

Looking back at some of the most memorable images from 2010 from MPR reporters and photographers.

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New documentary remembers largest mass execution in US history

New documentary remembers largest mass execution in US history

The shock waves of the largest mass execution in U.S. history still reverberate today among the Dakota people, and a new documentary film remembers the 38 Dakota warriors who were hanged from a single scaffold in Mankato.
by Mark Steil

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Student who penned coming out op-ed deals with sudden fame

Student who penned coming out op-ed deals with sudden fame

In November, Sean Simonson, a student at Benilde-St. Margaret's High School in St. Louis Park wrote an editorial, "Life as a Gay Teenager," for his Catholic school's student newspaper that touched off a controversy.
by Sasha Aslanian

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