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• Cats, dogs write poems (sort of)
  Dog: The plants are torn | The garbage strewn | The wires chewed | The couch and I had a fight ... | I went places I should never go | I saw a side of myself I should never see | I said things to the cat I can never take back | So please don't ever leave againJanuary 1, 2015
• With rescue dogs in high demand, some shelters look far afield
  With the growth of pet rescue groups, the demand for dogs now outstrips the supply of those available for adoption in many states. Some shelters now import dogs for adoption.January 1, 2015
• Mpls. fire survivors remember deadly New Year's Day
  One year after a fire killed three, injured 14, and displaced a mosque, a community is still recovering.January 1, 2015
• Garrison Keillor keynote address on local and family history
  Radio broadcaster, humorist, playwright and author Garrison Keillor gives the keynote address at the national meeting of the American Association for State and Local History, held in St. Paul September 18, 2014.January 1, 2015
• Delta flight to MSP diverted as traveler appears to go into labor
  Officials say a pregnant passenger believed to have gone into labor aboard a plane has given birth at a Salt Lake City hospital after her flight was diverted to Utah.December 31, 2014
• Our favorite photos of 2014
  As the year draws to a close, we took a look back at some of our favorite photographs of year -- images that give us a glimpse into the people, places and events that helped shape life in Minnesota in 2014.December 30, 2014
• Maya Angelou at 1984 Westminster Town Hall Forum
  Remembering an American icon who died this year, with a broadcast of the Westminster Town Hall Forum from 1984. Maya Angrlous, the celebrated poet, author, actress, playwright and human rights activist died in May 2014 at the age of 86.December 30, 2014
• Before the Internet, librarians would 'answer everything' -- and still do
  The New York Public Library recently found a box of questions posed to the library from the 1940s to the '80s -- an era when humans consulted other humans for answers to their everyday questions.December 29, 2014
• Minnesota agency nets world record with giant paper ball
  An effort to encourage Minnesotans to recycle pays off for the state Pollution Control Agency.December 29, 2014
• Die-in, vortex, selfie stick: What's the word of 2014?
  The Oxford Dictionaries already made their 2014 pick, "vape." But the American Dialect Society holds off until the year is complete.December 29, 2014
• A Beautiful World: Neil deGrasse Tyson on living, dying and how lucky you are to be here
  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks to Heather McElhatton about life and death on this week's edition of "A Beautiful World."December 29, 2014
• Women lead whiskey renaissance as distillers and new tipplers
  In the '90s, about 15 percent of whiskey drinkers were female. Now, according to Fred Minnick, author of Whiskey Women, women represent 37 percent of whiskey imbibers in the United States.December 29, 2014
• Even in the frozen North, a yurt's so good
  A Bemidji-area couple want a house with fixed walls, someday. For now, they enjoy a life of hands-on problem solving in a sort-of tent.December 29, 2014
• Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2014
  Political figures who catalyzed war and peace, scientists who changed our lives, and beloved entertainers are among those who died in 2014.December 28, 2014
• Want to solve the world's most heated disagreements? Bring your wallet
  Everybody and everything has a price -- including empathy. That's according to a study published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year.December 26, 2014

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