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• St. Paul takes emerald ash borer battle to the streets
  It was a taste of what's to come for other neighborhoods, as the city fights back against the Emerald ash borer, when people on a street in St. Paul, not far from the Fairgrounds, watched their ash trees coming down Wednesday.November 5, 2009
• DNR says deer poaching on the rise in Minnesota
  The DNR says poaching is on the increase and poachers kill hundreds of deer illegally every year, some for money, some apparently just for fun.November 5, 2009
• John Hope Bryant on leading with love
  John Hope Bryant rose from a childhood of poverty to become a social entrepreneur and an advocate for financial literacy. In a new book, he argues that the best type of leadership is based not on fear, but on love.Midmorning, November 5, 2009
• Iowa native recalls capture during Iran hostage crisis
  Iowa-native Kathryn Koob worked at the Iran-America Society 30 years ago when militant Islamic students stormed the embassy in Tehran and with support from the Iranian government, 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days.November 4, 2009
• Peace puppets get to the heart of theater's mission
  The story of a simple monk trying to promote peace during the Vietnam war might seem an unlikely subject for a puppet show. Yet the performers in "A Path Home" at the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater say in many ways their show gets to the very roots of what they do as an organization.November 4, 2009
• Cat in Iowa tests positive for H1N1 flu virus
  State officials in Iowa have confirmed a case of H1N1 in a cat, the first known instance of a cat contracting the virus from people.November 4, 2009
• 7th anniversary of Guimond disappearance next week
  It's been nearly seven years since St. John's University student Josh Guimond disappeared after leaving a small card party at about midnight.November 3, 2009
• Favre rises above boos, leads Vikings to victory
  A day once unfathomable to Packers fans finally arrived Sunday, when Favre returned to Green Bay as the opponent. Worse, he came with those hated Minnesota Vikings and picked the Packers apart.November 1, 2009
• Twins to host Metrodome moving sale
  Bargains on Minnesota Twins memorabilia will abound when the team holds a "moving sale" to clean out their stuff from the Metrodome early next month.October 29, 2009
• A novel entirely of questions
  Padgett Powell's new book "The Interrogative Mood" begins with some questions. It ends with them too. In fact every single sentence is a question.October 28, 2009
• Judge will close Hauser case if no new issues arise
  The parents of a Minnesota teenager who once fled the state to avoid chemotherapy are now asking a judge to end the court's role in the case.October 26, 2009
• Golden eagle returns to Minnesota
  This is the time of year when the skies are filled with migrating birds. There's one big bird that researchers are very interested in -- a golden eagle who was nursed back to health in Minnesota and released in March, wearing a special GPS unit strapped to his back. The latest data from the unit shows he's back in Minnesota.October 26, 2009
• After decades apart, Rochester couple finds love
  Eighty-seven-year-old Orville Lubahn was only gone for the day a earlier this month, but tears came to his eyes as he returned to Rochester with fellow veterans who had visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.October 25, 2009
• Blind youth in Minn. hopes to play prep football
  At 5-foot-2 and about 110 pounds, Riley Schmitz was not among the bigger boys on the Southland eighth-grade football team this season.October 24, 2009
• Girl, 12, is youngest Minnesotan to kill moose
  A Minnesota wildlife official confirms that a 12-year-old girl is the youngest Minnesotan to kill a moose in the modern era.October 23, 2009

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