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New housing director to focus on foreclosure crisis

New housing director to focus on foreclosure crisis

Advocates say Mary Tingerthal's affordable housing experience will help her steer the agency through difficult economic times.
by Jessica Mador

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Novel on English village life amuses while spearing prejudice

Novel on English village life amuses while spearing prejudice

After struggling for a while to write a gritty up-to-the-moment novel, Helen Simonson decided to stop beating herself up and write something for herself. Now the resulting book "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" is a New York Times bestseller.
by Euan Kerr

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LGBT convention comes to Mpls. as rights debate escalates

LGBT convention comes to Mpls. as rights debate escalates

The five-day event is billed as the largest annual convention for advocates of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, and it's getting under way at a time when debate over same-sex marriage in Minnesota is heating up -- again.
by Laura Yuen

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Egypt's Mubarak: From poverty to the presidency

Egypt's Mubarak: From poverty to the presidency

President Hosni Mubarak came to power amid crisis three decades ago, a reassuring symbol of stability for many Egyptians as well as for Western leaders seeking a solid ally in the Middle East.

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Lesbian students enter pep rally to cheers at Minn. school

Lesbian students enter pep rally to cheers at Minn. school

Two lesbian high school students who fought for the right to walk together as part of a royalty court made their entrances Monday to the cheers of hundreds of classmates at Champlin Park High School.
by Chris Williams

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Women still under-represented at Minn. city halls

Women still under-represented at Minn. city halls

The number of women elected to local government posts in Minnesota has leveled off, after reaching an all-time high in 2002.

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Face of Mideast unrest: young and hungry for jobs

Face of Mideast unrest: young and hungry for jobs

The unprecedented anger on Arab streets is at its core a long-brewing rage against decades of economic imbalances that have rewarded the political elite and left many others on the margins.

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