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June 26, 2013 4:55 AM

What’s your reaction to the Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage?

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples. The court invalidated a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that has prevented married gay couples from receiving a range of tax, health and retirement benefits that are generally available to married people. The vote…

by Molly Bloom

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June 25, 2013 10:59 AM

No, Virginia, there will be no battle flag for the Gettysburg anniversary

A hundred and fifty years after Minnesota troops helped turned the tide in a Civil War battle, the state still won’t be giving back the trophy its volunteers seized at Gettysburg. That’s what Gov. Mark Dayton said today, at the official send-off of a delegation of Minnesotans headed next week to Pennsylvania to mark the…

by Tim Nelson

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June 25, 2013 9:41 AM

Raising awareness of elder abuse

Heightened awareness of elder abuse leads police, prosecutors and even bank employees in Clay County to pay attention to potential cases of elder abuse.

by Dan Gunderson

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June 25, 2013 9:08 AM

Twin Cities home prices: Check the numbers

As Annie Baxter reported this morning, the latest Case/Schiller numbers “provide further evidence of improvements in the Twin Cities housing market. Metro home prices in April were up 15 percent from the same month last year. That was the Twin Cities’ largest year-over-year spike recorded in the index.” Here’s how the national numbers, which include…

by Hart Van Denburg

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June 25, 2013 8:38 AM

Remote doctors, one answer to physician shortage in rural Minnesota

When a man with a dislocated knee came to the emergency room in the small city of Appleton, in western Minnesota, he was treated by a doctor who had never worked on this particular condition. But the doctor was able to hit a button and consult on camera with a specialist in another location.

by Jennifer Vogel

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June 25, 2013 7:03 AM

The fight for rural healthcare funding in Washington

DULUTH, Minn. — It’s harder to find allies for rural healthcare in a polarized Congress in Washington, a rural health policy official told attendees of the Minnesota Rural Health Conference here this morning. “We have lost a lot of the moderates,” said Maggie Elehwany, policy vice president of the Kansas-based National Rural Health Association. “We’ve Read more →

by Jennifer Vogel

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June 25, 2013 5:56 AM

Bongo calves born at Minnesota Zoo

Two bongo calves were born at the Minnesota Zoo. Here’s one of them with its mother. The male calf was born on June 6th, followed by a female calf, born on June 16th. The Minnesota Zoo sent out a press release with the details about the calves, which are found in the lowland rain forest of…

by Jennifer Ehrlich

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June 25, 2013 2:46 AM

Have charter schools lived up to their promise?

“A new national study of charter schools finds some improvement in school performance, but shows students at charters still aren’t doing as well as students in traditional public schools,” reports Tim Post of MPR News. Critics of the charter movement in Minnesota say it is further proof that charters are not living up to their…

by Jon Gordon

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June 24, 2013 1:08 PM

Got debris? If it’s from storms, some places to take it

Ramsey county says it will extend hours at waste sites to accept storm debris. The four yard waste sites are Arden Hills, Frank and Sims, Midway and White Bear Township. Here’s the schedule with the expanded hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, and Thursday, 12 noon to 7…

by Nancy Lebens

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June 24, 2013 9:54 AM

Life without power for many metro residents

My morning tweet got quite a few responses from frustrated Twin Cities residents still without power after several days. https://twitter.com/jthiegs/statuses/349143066285842432 I also heard from Nick Gasper of Crystal, who has a toddler and a baby. Here are the highlights of his adventure (note: the MPR endorsement was unprompted, and I didn’t even ask if he’s…

by Laura McCallum

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