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• Boy Scouts' acceptance of gay boys draws heated reactions
  After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.May 24, 2013
• Synthetic drug ordinances proposed in Duluth
  A Duluth City Council member is proposing ordinances to regulate businesses that sell synthetic drugs and punish people who use them.May 23, 2013
• BSA votes to end ban on openly gay youth
  Local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization. Gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.May 23, 2013
• 'Lest We Forget': World War II Veterans History Project
  Memorial Day broadcast of a documentary featuring the voices of World War II veterans who tell us of their role as soldiers on D-Day, airmen in the Pacific, Marines on Iwo Jima, Navajo Code-Talkers, Tuskeegee Airmen, Nazi concentration camp liberators, and more. The stories that changed their lives, and ours, forever. Narrated by US Army veteran and former US Senator Max Cleland.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, May 23, 2013
• Obama to address drone policy in security speech
  President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face -- even from fellow citizens.May 23, 2013
• Minn. Meals on Wheels agencies weather sequester cuts -- for now
  No seniors have been forced out of the program, nor have any groups reduced the number of meals they provide because regional agencies have been able to tap reserves -- or make other adjustments -- to fill the gap.May 22, 2013
• Dayton signs bill funding all-day K, early childhood education
  Gov. Mark Dayton signed an education budget bill Wednesday that boosts funding for public schools over the next two years, funds all-day kindergarten statewide for the first time and retools high school testing requirements.May 22, 2013
• A look back at higher ed's successful year at the Legislature
  Legislators found money to forestall more tuition hikes at public colleges.The Daily Circuit, May 22, 2013
• British leader: 'Strong indication' London attack was terror related
  British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a brutal attack in London is terror-related. Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks on Wednesday.May 22, 2013
• Justices fume over MN Supreme Court ruling on sexual harassment case
  The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected the argument that if an employer's sexually explicit behavior is extended to both women and men in the workplace, it's not sexual harassment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.May 22, 2013
• FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
  The shooting early Wednesday took place in Orlando, Fla.May 22, 2013
• 2nd teen pleads guilty in Mpls. boy's death
  A second teenager has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet in north Minneapolis.May 21, 2013
• Gun-control efforts failed at the Legislature, despite Newtown
  The school shootings in Newtown, Conn., created hope among gun-control advocates in Minnesota and elsewhere. But the hopes did not translate into law.The Daily Circuit, May 21, 2013
• In 'The Yellow Birds,' veteran highlights emotional hardships of Iraq war
  Kevin Powers discusses his new book and how writing it helped him process and cope with his time in the Middle East.The Daily Circuit, May 21, 2013
• Mpls. park shooter gets jail, probation
  A man who fired numerous gunshots in a Minneapolis park where children were playing has been sentenced to a year in jail and eight years of probation.May 21, 2013

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