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More than 1,000 Minnesota high schools are expected sample more than 20 languages at the University of Minnesota for the seventh annual World Languages Day on Tuesday.
Bruininks: Stadium alcohol proposal 'bad legislation'
The president of the University of Minnesota doesn't like a Minnesota House proposal allowing the U to serve beer in its TCF Bank football stadium only if alcohol is available in one-third of general seats.
The unemployable man
Though more Americans are finding jobs, one economist says that a specific group of men will never find work again. Midmorning discusses the waning demand for men with little education.
The new chancellor for the University of Minnesota-Duluth has been picked by system President Robert Bruininks, pending approval of the Board of Regents.