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Reporter's notebook: Tapes take us inside history

Reporter's notebook: Tapes take us inside history

American RadioWorks producer Sasha Aslanian explains how she came across Dan Kleven's audio tapes from Vietnam, and why the story told on those tapes is so compelling.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Evolutionary biologist speaks about sex

Evolutionary biologist speaks about sex

Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson is passionate about the mating habits of living things, from lions to the tiniest insects. She spoke recently as part of the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History's "Evolution 2008" series.

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Parenting tips from child development expert

Parenting tips from child development expert

Upon her retirement, University of Minnesota child development expert Marti Erickson reflects on her four decades of academic and personal experience with children and parents.

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Weisman exhibit features New Deal art

Weisman exhibit features New Deal art

Seventy-five years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt launched the New Deal. It was a massive federal relief effort intended to improve the economy and provide employment during the Great Depression. A new exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis features art from that program.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Rural nonprofits struggle with sagging economy

Rural nonprofits struggle with sagging economy

The sagging economy is putting a pinch on Minnesota's nonprofit sector. High demand for services and shrinking budgets are putting some nonprofits in crisis. Some say the problem may be worse in greater Minnesota.
by Tom Robertson

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Senators call on U.S. to press Thailand on Hmong refugees

Senators call on U.S. to press Thailand on Hmong refugees

Seven U.S. senators, including all four from Minnesota and Wisconsin, want Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to look into Thailand's repatriation of more than 800 ethnic Hmong to Laos.
by Fred Frommer

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Walker 'Queer Takes' film festival aims at preservation

Walker 'Queer Takes' film festival aims at preservation

The Walker Art Center is joining a national effort to help restore and preserve films about gays and lesbians. The Walker is working with the Heights Theater in Columbia Heights to preserve a copy of "Parting Glances."
by Euan Kerr

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Minnesota philanthropist Eugene Sit dies

Minnesota philanthropist Eugene Sit dies

The head of one of the Minnesota's leading investment firms has died. Eugene Sit was 69 years old. He died Tuesday from pancreatic cancer.
by Laura McCallum

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Native Americans confront problem of poor water quality

Native Americans confront problem of poor water quality

Native Americans have had to alter traditional ceremonies that involve the drinking of lake and river water.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Nonprofits receive reprieve on property tax issue

Nonprofits receive reprieve on property tax issue

Minnesota nonprofit groups worried about whether they might have to pay property taxes have gotten a one-year reprieve. Lawmakers passed a moratorium that will keep county assessors from making any changes on this year's taxes.
by Tom Weber

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