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Minnesota Power customers upset over rate hike proposal

Minnesota Power customers upset over rate hike proposal

Some northeast Minnesota residents are charged up over a plan to hike electric rates. Duluth-based Minnesota power is proposing price increases that, in percentage terms, will hit low income households and small businesses a lot harder than big industries.
by Bob Kelleher

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A Twin Cities teacher feels we are teaching in circles

A Twin Cities teacher feels we are teaching in circles

A Twin Cities teacher looks at his life and work, and gives it a lackluster report card. Nathan Miller has tried to reconcile these internal conflicts in his new book.
by Tom Crann

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Minnesota's Latino advisory council celebrates 30th anniversary

Minnesota's Latino advisory council celebrates 30th anniversary

This month marks a milestone for the Chicano Latino Affairs Council, a small agency created in 1978 to be a liaison between Latinos and the state government.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Economic pain stresses people and services

Economic pain stresses people and services

The number of people seeking food, shelter, medical care and other necessities is up and social service agencies are feeling the demand.
by Dan Olson

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Developer scraps plans for sober housing

Developer scraps plans for sober housing

A nonprofit developer behind a large sober-housing proposal in St. Paul said Tuesday it's scrapping its plans because of intense opposition from neighbors. Opponents created an anonymous Web site that featured photos of drug syringes and people passed out in yards.
by Laura Yuen

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Looking at the upside of pessimism

Looking at the upside of pessimism

The country's financial turmoil has many Americans fearing for the worst. And, according to some, the nation's newfound pessimism might not be such a bad thing.
by Nikki Tundel

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White Earth prepares criminal code to replace state law

White Earth prepares criminal code to replace state law

The White Earth Nation plans to enact a tribal criminal code. The intent is to eliminate state jurisdiction over tribal members on the reservation.
by Dan Gunderson

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Color, culture and the race for the White House

Color, culture and the race for the White House

A recent Associated Press poll suggests that racial prejudice could cost Obama as much as 6 percentage points of support. Midmorning asks what role race will play in this presidential election.

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The Rosenbergs, revisited

The Rosenbergs, revisited

The younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg came face to face with an uncomfortable revelation recently: that his father was guilty of spying for the Soviet Union. Both Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to pass atomic secrets to the Soviets in 1953. And for most of his life Robert Meeropol believed his parents were not spies.

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Como residents oppose recovery development

Como residents oppose recovery development

In a quiet St. Paul neighborhood, residents are taking extraordinary measures to keep a proposed sober-housing development out of the community.
by Laura Yuen

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