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January 10, 2012 8:17 PM

New coalition to ensure access to healthy food

Minnesota's lieutenant governor today announced a new coalition to ensure all Minnesotans have access to healthy food.

by Julie Siple

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January 9, 2012 4:52 PM

$1.2M awarded to Mpls. affordable housing groups

Officials with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1 million in grants for the construction or rehabilitation of housing in Minneapolis.

by Jessica Mador

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January 6, 2012 12:00 AM

Manners in the digital age

Annoyed by people who can't take their eyes off their iPhone? Or people who share everything on Facebook? You're not alone. Midmorning examines how we view manners in the digital age.

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January 4, 2012 5:00 AM

Constitution does not prevent gambling in Minnesota

State has legal options that don't require a constitutional amendment.

by Eric J. Magnuson

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December 30, 2011 3:42 PM

Record number of Minnesotans seek food help in 2011

The number of Minnesotans who sought help to feed themselves and their families hit record levels in 2011. But there are signs the big spikes of recent years could be slowing.

by Julie Siple

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December 30, 2011 5:00 AM

For a military family during deployment, challenges come in sizes large and small

She misses her husband, her boys miss their dad, and meanwhile life goes on.

by Lisa Kruse-Robles

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December 29, 2011 2:59 PM

Money-transfer services to Somalia close down today

A group representing 15 money-transfer companies in Minnesota says the businesses stopped sending remittances to Somalia as of Thursday.

by Laura Yuen

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December 29, 2011 5:00 AM

When gunfire takes a child's life, the community must respond

Terrell Mayes wasn't somebody else's kid; he was our kid.

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December 29, 2011 12:00 AM

The pros and cons of consumerism

One of the lessons many have taken from our recent economic woes is that Americans need to spend less and save more. Midmorning speaks with the authors of two new books with very different takes on that theory.

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December 27, 2011 2:41 PM

The fate of horses: a lesson in unintended consequences

By restricting options in U.S., regulations sent animals to be slaughtered abroad.

by Karin Winegar

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