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What would it take for you to improve your view of Congress?

What would it take for you to improve your view of Congress?

People in the U.S. regularly have a dim view of Congress, but a new public opinion poll by the Associates Press indicates only 5% of Americans have a positive view of Congress. “The point of the poll was generally to gauge Americans’ reaction to the shutdown, which was already several days old when the polling…
by Michael Olson

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Southwest LRT committee recommends shallow tunnel

Southwest LRT committee recommends shallow tunnel

An advisory committee for the Southwest light rail project voted nearly unanimously Wednesday to recommend to the Metropolitan Council that the light rail trains run underground in a shallow tunnel through the scenic and narrow Kenilworth Corridor of Minneapolis, keeping freight alongside it. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was the lone “no” vote. The long-awaited vote Read more →
by Liala Helal

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If you could take a pill to slow aging, would you?

If you could take a pill to slow aging, would you?

“While the anti-aging ‘cures’ being marketed these days are largely snake oil, in the laboratory scientists have managed to extend the lives of laboratory animals. And they have a better understanding of the mechanisms of biological aging,” writes NPR’s Ina Jaffe. That’s good news if you’re a lab rat, but at present there are no…
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UPDATE: Victim says Vegas stowaway was driver of stolen truck

UPDATE: Victim says Vegas stowaway was driver of stolen truck

A 9-year-old boy believed to have stowed away on a flight to Las Vegas last week may have had some contact with authorities just days before — literally. He may have crashed a truck into an Edina squad car.
by Tim Nelson

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Should kids be playing football?

Should kids be playing football?

“If 10 percent of mothers come to believe that football is dangerous — to the point of brain damage, effectively — that’s the end of football as we know it,” — pathologist Bennet Omalu. Mark Fainaru-Wada and his brother, Steve Fainaru, have written a new book called League of Denial, which was also turned into…
by Michael Olson

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Should mug-shots of exonerated people be public information?

Should mug-shots of exonerated people be public information?

It was only a matter of time before the Internet started to monetize humiliation. In this case, the time was early 2011, when mug-shot Web sites started popping up to turn the most embarrassing photograph of anyone’s life into cash. The sites are perfectly legal, and they get financial oxygen the same way as other…
by Michael Olson

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