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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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Volunteer nation

Volunteer nation

Nationwide, more than 63 million people volunteered in their community last year, and Minneapolis and St. Paul had the highest rates of volunteer service in the country. Midmorning looks at what makes people volunteer.

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Walz: 'Don't ask, don't tell' transition will be orderly

Under a new law signed Wednesday by President Obama, gay men and women will be allowed to openly serve in the military for the first time. DFL Minnesota Congressman Tim Walz says that's the way it should be.
by Toni Randolph

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Churches meet needs as county shelters fill up

Churches meet needs as county shelters fill up

Homelessness has shot up during the recession and its aftermath. The federal government estimates that the number of homeless families has increased by a 30 percent over the past three years.
by Dan Olson

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Dayton: Hunger remains critical problem in Minn.

Gov.-elect Mark Dayton said hunger is a critical problem in the state at a fundraiser Tuesday for food shelves in northeastern Minnesota.
by Julie Siple

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New mayor brings back interest in contested immigration program in Willmar

New mayor brings back interest in contested immigration program in Willmar

Several months after a proposed immigration enforcement program sparked an uproar in Willmar, some residents of the west central Minnesota town worry that officials plan to revisit the issue.
by Ambar Espinoza

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US teen birth rate at all-time low, economy cited

US teen birth rate at all-time low, economy cited

The birth rate for teenagers fell to 39 births per 1,000 girls, ages 15 through 19, according to a government report released Tuesday. It was a 6 percent decline from the previous year, and the lowest rate since health officials started tracking it in 1940.

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Census: Minnesota to keep 8 seats in US House

The 2010 Census reports Tuesday that Minnesota's population is up 7.4 percent over the 4.9 million Minnesotans counted 10 years ago. That's slower than the nation as a whole, which grew 9.7 percent.
by Mark Zdechlik and Tim Nelson

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