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Social Issues

Feds sue to block Arizona illegal immigrant law

The U.S. Justice Department is filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona's new law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for a clash between the federal government and state over the nation's toughest immigration crackdown.

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Eagan police: No charges in case of boy found on highway

A 3-year-old boy, wearing only a T-shirt, was unharmed after a motorist found him by the side of Highway 55 in Eagan early Tuesday morning.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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There's still plenty of room for sensible gun laws

There's still plenty of room for sensible gun laws

The Supreme Court's ruling in Chicago case is an opportunity to establish policies that will keep guns out of the wrong hands.
by Scott M. Knight

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What's Your Big Idea?

What's Your Big Idea?

Eleven participants in the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival present their "big idea" to the assembled crowd.

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Minn. school nurse helps teen mother reach college

When a 16-year-old La'Shay Ester walked into school nurse Kathleen Hook's office, pregnant and homeless, she had no idea the kind of help that was sitting at the other side of the desk.

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Three life decisions that couples have to make

Three life decisions that couples have to make

Personal finance expert Ruth Hayden join Midmorning to talk about the three financial life scenarios that couples need to face: 1. How they will work together on money as a couple 2. What happens if their relationship ends 3. What happens when the first one of them dies.

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Nurses, hospitals reach agreement; strike avoided

Nurses, hospitals reach agreement; strike avoided

Fourteen Twin Cities hospitals have reached an agreement with the nurses' union after months of negotiations and the threat of another strike, hospitals and union officials said Thursday.
by Madeleine Baran

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Newsmaker: President Obama pushes for immigration reform

Newsmaker: President Obama pushes for immigration reform

President Obama is giving a major address on immigration reform this morning. Despite significant political obstacles, the Obama administration is hoping for a comprehensive immigration bill before the November elections.

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Can empathy save the world?

Conventional wisdom has long held that humans are by nature materialistic and self-interested. But scholar and writer Jeremy Rifkin argues in his new book that science is forcing us to rethink this notion, and that the growth of human empathy could help solve the problems that confront the world.

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