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BBC programming: Are muslims always under attack?

BBC programming: Are muslims always under attack?

If you're Muslim, do feel a constant stream of criticism and ill-feeling towards you and your faith? And if you're not, do you think Muslims receiving a disproportionate amount of antagonism?

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For teens texting is the new talking

For teens texting is the new talking

A new study finds 75 percent of teens own cell phones and prefer using them to text rather than talk. And email, that's for parents. Internet researcher Lee Rainie talks about how teens' use of technology has changed.

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Two northern Ojibwe bands say it's their turn on treaty rights

Two northern Ojibwe bands say it's their turn on treaty rights

The Leech Lake and White Earth Ojibwe Indian bands are gearing up to reassert hunting and fishing rights they say are guaranteed by 19th century treaties. The push by the northern Minnesota bands comes more than a decade after the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe won a similar claim in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.
by Tom Robertson

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Study shows more immigrants work higher wage jobs

Study shows more immigrants work higher wage jobs

A new report shows that in 14 out of America's 25 largest metro areas, more immigrants are working in white collar occupations than in lower wage jobs, belying some common perceptions of the immigrant population. Midmorning looks at the diversity of America's immigrant community, and how it might impact the coming debate on immigration reform.
by Katherine Fennelly

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Census: Women equal to men in advanced degrees

Women are now just as likely as men to have completed college and are virtually equal in earning advanced degrees, though they still lag when it comes to income.

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Report: FDA should force rollback in salty foods

Report: FDA should force rollback in salty foods

Public health experts urged the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to force food makers to gradually cut the salt hidden inside their products, something the agency is considering.

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New Hope man pleads guilty to threatening Somalis

A New Hope man has pleaded guilty to making terroristic threats for posting on Craiglist that he would bring his rifle for target practice at a Somali cultural event in St. Cloud.

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