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Social Issues

Plan to block health insurance rate hikes may not impact Minn.

Plan to block health insurance rate hikes may not impact Minn.

A proposition in President Obama's new health care reform plan would allow the government to block health insurance rate hikes, but the measure's impact in Minnesota, if it were to take effect, could be minimal.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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DOJ review finds no misconduct by 'torture memo' authors

DOJ review finds no misconduct by 'torture memo' authors

The Justice Department is closing the books on its probe of the Bush administration lawyers whose legal memorandums authorized the CIA to waterboard terrorism suspects, but the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he remains offended by the memos and will hold hearings.

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Haiti PM: Gov't to take land for temporary camps

Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says the Haitian government will appropriate land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims. The decision, announced in an interview with The Associated Press, is potentially explosive in a country where a small elite owns most of the land in and around the capital.

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The art of the visual metaphor

The art of the visual metaphor

When it comes to defining Ellen Kuras it's simplest just to call her a filmmaker. But she's known for many things in the industry: she's a sought after director of photography, and has worked on movies by Spike Lee, Michel Gondry, and Harold Ramis. She is also an Oscar nominated documentary director. She is in Minnesota to talk about her work, and her skills at visual story-telling.
by Euan Kerr

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