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Social Issues

Child poverty rises in the world's richest countries

The United States has one of the highest rates of child poverty among the world's wealthiest nations. Nearly one in five American children lives below the poverty line. Midmorning's guests say growing up poor puts children at risk intellectually, emotionally and physically.

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Red Lake chairman reflects on shooting and its impact

Red Lake Tribal Chairman Buck Jourdain spoke at length for the first time Thursday night about the shootings on the reservation. He reflected on how the tragedy has affected Red Lake, and how it may change the community in the future.

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The state of sexual harassment

A Hollywood movie is being made about the landmark sexual harassment suit filed by 15 Minnesota women who worked at Eveleth Mines. The case, certified in 1991 as the country's first hostile environment class-action suit, brought to light a string of crude and humiliating incidents in the workplace.

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Ten dead in shooting spree

Minnesota's Red Lake Indian Reservation is the site of the nation's worst school shooting since the rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999. Midmorning examines the roots and repercussions of deadly shootings in schools.

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Studying American Indian youth and violence

The Red Lake school shooting has highlighted the work of researchers like Linda Bearinger, a University of Minnesota professor and director of its Center for Adolescent Nursing. Bearinger is the lead author on a recent study about violence among American Indian youth. She spoke with MPR's Perry Finelli.
by Perry Finelli

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Searching for reasons behind school shootings

Monday's shootings on northern Minnesota's Red Lake reservation, experts say, fit a tragically familiar pattern. A young man described as a loner with behavior problems from a troubled family background gets ahold of guns and begins killing people. What caused Jeff Weise to turn to violence?

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Worst school shooting since Columbine

A Minnesota teenager fatally shot a teacher, a school security guard and five other students at Red Lake High before killing himself. Governor Pawlenty is offering the support of state government to Red Lake tribal members who are grieving after the deadly school shootings.

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Judge denies request to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, denying an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's parents. Her parents immediately filed an appeal of the decision.

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Schiavo's condition: "Wakefulness without awareness"

Terri Schiavo's condition is described as a persistent vegitative state, and her doctors say there is no hope for her recovery. Her parents dispute that, saying Schiavo interacts with them at times.

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Rolling the dice on gambling

Legislators are being bombarded with gambling proposals this session. But the government's involvement in gambling is not a new thing. Midmorning takes a look at the history of state-sponsored gambling.

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