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Midmorning Weekend: What If?

Midmorning Weekend: What If?

Midmorning Weekend revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

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Nonprofit saves Minneapolis woman from eviction

Nonprofit saves Minneapolis woman from eviction

Last-minute negotiations narrowly halted the eviction Friday of a Minneapolis woman who has publicly refused to leave her foreclosed home for months.
by Madeleine Baran

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Troubling trends for teen health

Troubling trends for teen health

After years of requiring sex education, reducing teen pregnancy and HIV infections remains a stubborn problem particularly among adolescents of color. A look at what's next for addressing the major health challenges for teens.

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It's no time to be complacent about racial progress

It's no time to be complacent about racial progress

A playwright with a similar experience sees hard lessons in the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.
by Kim Hines

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A young doctor serves in Africa

A young doctor serves in Africa

One ER physician's desire to heal led him to a contested border town in Sudan, Africa. James Maskalyk treated people for starvation and fought a measles epidemic amid war.

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Wal-Mart rehires Muslim worker fired for praying

Wal-Mart has rehired a Muslim employee from the Twin Cities who had been fired for praying in the workplace.

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Somali activists say missing men went voluntarily

A handful of young Somali-American activists say they're convinced that the roughly 20 Minnesota men who left to fight in their homeland went voluntarily, raised their own money and recruited one another.
by Laura Yuen

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Somali groups speak out about indictments

A coalition of Somali groups is holding a news conference Tuesday to respond to an ongoing terror investigation and the recent indictments of two men on terrorism-related charges.

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