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Fighting gangs with 'boundless compassion'

Fighting gangs with 'boundless compassion'

As a Jesuit priest in a gang-ridden neighborhood in Los Angeles, Father Gregory Boyle has seen his share of violence and unnecessary death. The jobs and education program he created offers youth a different path from gang life.

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New book traces the killer of Martin Luther King Jr.

New book traces the killer of Martin Luther King Jr.

Minnesota Public Radio's Stephen Smith interviews best-selling author Hampton Sides about his new book, "Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin."

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Gov. Pawlenty speaks to reporters about budget deal

Gov. Pawlenty speaks to reporters about budget deal

After the legislative session adjourned, Gov. Pawlenty met with reporters at the state Capitol to take questions about the budget deal. Midday features that audio. Afterward, to mark the 56th anniversary of Brown vs. Board, Midday features an excerpt from an American RadioWorks documentary about Thurgood Marshall's life and career.

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The unemployable man

The unemployable man

Though more Americans are finding jobs, one economist says that a specific group of men will never find work again. Midmorning discusses the waning demand for men with little education.

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Treaty rights supporters to launch fish-off today

Tomorrow is the big walleye fishing season opener in Minnesota, but some Native Americans from the White Earth and Leech Lake bands of Ojibwe plan to violate state law by fishing in Lake Bemidji today. It's part of a rally to draw attention to an 1855 treaty between the Ojibwe and the U.S. government. The bands claim they may have given up land in the treaty, but they kept their right to hunt, fish, and gather in a large section of northern Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tom Robertson

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