A report from the Hazelden Foundation says fewer people are seeking drug treatment for meth abuse, which suggests that use of the drug may be declining.
British authorities have rounded up more than 700 suspects in a global internet pedophile ring that involved children only a few months old. Midmorning examines the nature and extent of online child pornography networks.
An Anoka County judge handed down a 30-year
sentence Thursday - twice as harsh as the state's sentencing guidelines recommended - for a man charged in the scalding death of his 10-year-old daughter.
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The Duluth School Board votes next week on closing and consolidating schools. But some residents worry the plan concentrates students of color and low-income students primarily into one half of the district.
Thousands of Minnesotans have had their
natural gas cut off for failing to pay their bills. And more
disconnections are upcoming unless customers who are behind on
paying their bills find a way to start paying up.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs has reversed
itself and said the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community can
transfer 752 acres it owns into a tax-exempt trust, a decision that
could cost Scott County and other local governments millions of
dollars in property taxes.
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For the second year in a row, two Austin teens have won C-SPAN's "Student Cam" documentary competition. Last year Anthony Hernandez and Dustin Gillard won the grand prize for their documentary on illegal immigration. This year they took first for their Iraq war video.
The options are growing for ways to meet the end of life, from hospice to better pain management. But relatively few us actually plan out what we want doctors to do when we get to our last days.
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Duluth school officials are considering a plan to reconfigure, and possibly close, one or more of the city's three high schools. Commentator Robin Washington says the new plans remind him of an old problem: school segregation.
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In his new book, political philosopher Benjamin Barber argues that capitalism and the culture of consumption are keeping citizens in a state of perpetual adolescence. He joins Midmorning to talk about how we got here, and what the consequences are for society.
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