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Bill would end asset test for food stamps

A Senate panel looks at legislation Tuesday that would allow more people to qualify for food stamps.

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Ethics at the end of life

Ethics at the end of life

A recent study of dying children in Boston suggests doctors ended their lives with morphine, sometimes at the urging of parents. Bioethicist Jeffrey Kahn talks about the dilemmas faced by doctors who are in a position to assist a suicide or hasten death.

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Somali population, cultural tension rising in St. Cloud

Somali population, cultural tension rising in St. Cloud

A handful of St. Cloud high school students recently joined a Facebook group called, "I hate the Somalians at Tech High." Facebook promptly shut down the page, because it contained offensive and hateful content. While that page no longer exists, students of Somali descent say the attitudes expressed on that Facebook page have a strong presence on two of St. Cloud's public high schools.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Young war veterans returning home to unemployment

The unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle combat veterans face as they make the transition home from war.

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Final word on the Census letter

Census officials reveal how they calculate the cost of knocking on your door.
by Bob Collins

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Filmmakers create a genre unknown in France

Filmmakers create a genre unknown in France

Unlike the U.S., France has no tradition of prison movies. So recently when a film opened in French cinemas about a young man trying to survive in a brutal Paris prison it electrified audiences. Now Minnesota audiences can see the movie, called "A Prophet," when it opens this weekend.
by Euan Kerr

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Liberians in U.S. wait to learn their future status

Liberians in U.S. wait to learn their future status

Even though they've built lives here, their time on U.S. soil may be nearing its end.

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Newscut blogger highlights census two-step

Newscut blogger highlights census two-step

You probably have not received your census form in the mail quite yet, but most American households have received an "advance letter" from the Census.
by Cathy Wurzer and Bob Collins

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Minn. bills would give same-sex couples death rights

Two bills up for hearings on Wednesday would give same-sex partners and other unmarried couples more rights when one partner dies.

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Newscut: Letters that make no census

Newscut: Letters that make no census

Letters are being sent to every household in America this week warning that a census form will soon follow. Newscut's Bob Collins roughly calculates just how expensive the mass-letter was.

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