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• No, you're not crazy; those are robins
  A bird that's thought of as a sign of spring hangs around Minnesota in the dead of winter.January 30, 2013
• 1913 nickel likely to fetch millions
  A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted.January 29, 2013
• From one Minnesotan to another: Here's what you should know about Timbuktu
  Timbuktu is back in Mali's hands, thanks to help from the French and other Western powers. It was ruled by Islamist militants since early last year. I made the trip to Mali, a land-locked country in West Africa, in January 2009 as part of a team working on a USDA-sponsored sustainable agriculture project.January 29, 2013
• Boy Scouts' ban on gay leaders may be over; proposed change offered
  Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signaling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or leaders and give the sponsors of local troops the freedom to decide the matter for themselves.January 29, 2013
• MnDOT praised for Mississippi River bikeway
  The 800-mile route closely follows the Mississippi River through Minnesota -- from the headwaters at Itasca State Park to the Iowa border.January 29, 2013
• With barriers to gender equity falling, it's time to ratify the ERA
  Feared outcomes of the amendment have come to pass anyway. And, as it turns out, they're not so fearful.January 29, 2013
• Plant fanatics climb up trees hunting for 'witch's brooms'
  Now about brooms -- witch's brooms, to be exact. Small, tightly woven masses of branches that can appear high up in pine trees across northern Minnesota. These "brooms" are actually the genetic source of a lot of the landscape plants and shrubs sold at nurseries. They're not often easy to retrieve.January 29, 2013
• Ex-NYC mayor Koch re-hospitalized
  The spokesman for former New York City Mayor Ed Koch says he has been re-admitted to the hospital two days after he was released.January 28, 2013
• Cold halts Dupre's McKinley climb
  Extreme cold has thwarted a Minnesota climber's third attempt to become the first person to summit Alaska's Mount McKinley solo in the dead of winter.January 28, 2013
• Cambodia remembers lives lost and courage broken
  Amid the killing fields, genocide feels personal.January 28, 2013
• In crafting insurance exchange, Minnesota should strive to protect what works
  The legislation has disturbing gaps that lawmakers should address.January 25, 2013
• Lance the survivor vs. Lance the cyclist
  The star athlete and confessed doper has multiple messages for us. Which one do we listen to?January 24, 2013
• Appetites: Pass the creamy, fresh, seasonal butter
  On the table this week: butter, and plenty of it. The Splendid Table's Lynne Rosetto Kasper is here to convince us that, when it comes to butter, different really can be better.January 23, 2013
• 5,000 gals. of milk given away in La Crosse
  A delivery truck loaded with milk from the shuttered Golden Guernsey plant in Waukesha finally made it to La Crosse Tuesday after breaking down in cold weather.January 23, 2013
• Blind Duluth pianist performs to help others heal
  Duluth resident Sharon Gill has been blind since shortly after birth. Despite that, she has played piano since the age of 3.January 23, 2013

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