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• Father of missing boy: 'Please bring Danny home'
  The father of a Minnesota teen who went on the run with his mother to avoid chemotherapy for his cancer issued a public plea to his wife on Thursday to return home to "do what's best for Danny."May 21, 2009
• Boy's disappearance shakes up Sleepy Eye
  There's been what could be an important break in the search for Colleen Hauser and her 13-year-old son Daniel. The Brown County Sheriff last evening said investigators believe the pair could be in Mexico, seeking alternative treatments for Daniel's cancer.May 20, 2009
• Sheriff: Hausers possibly headed to Mexico for treatment
  The Brown County Sheriff says 13-year-old Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen are possibly in or headed to Mexico seeking treatment of Daniel's Hodgkin's lymphoma.May 20, 2009
• St. John's University names new president
  The Rev. Robert Koopmann has been named the 12th president of St. John's University by the university's Board of Regents.May 18, 2009
• Pope in Bethlehem endorses independent Palestinian state
  Standing in the cradle of Christianity, Pope Benedict XVI told Palestinians on Wednesday that he understands their suffering and offered his strongest public backing yet for an independent Palestinian state.May 13, 2009
• Is interfaith understanding possible?
  Eboo Patel speaks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about his book, "Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation."Midday, May 8, 2009
• Event hopes to demystify local Somali community
  A coalition of Somali-American organizations will host an event tomorrow at the Minneapolis Convention Center in response to the barrage of bad news about their community.May 8, 2009
• Family lands in court over son's cancer treatment
  The south central Minnesota family says they are following their religion by using alternative medicine, rather than chemotherapy, to treat their son's Hodgkin's lymphoma.May 8, 2009
• Minnesota same-sex couples to be wed in Iowa today
  Ten same-sex couples from Minnesota are heading to Iowa where they hope to get married today.May 4, 2009
• Minneapolis charter changes could bring reorganization
  Proposed changes to the Minneapolis charter would create a new administrator to oversee all departments and do away with the independent, elected Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.April 30, 2009
• Two survivors tell their stories on Holocaust Remembrance Day
  Two girls, Sabina Zimering and Lucy Smith, hid from the Nazis in Poland during World War II. They survived the Holocaust and live in Minnesota today. Zimering wrote her story in the book, "Hiding in the Open." Both women were interviewed by MPR's Dan Olson for the "Voices of Minnesota" series.Midday, April 21, 2009
• Phone calls from missing Somalis send mixed messages
  When the first group of young Somali men disappeared from Minneapolis back in 2007, they weren't on the FBI's radar yet. In phone calls back to their Minnesota friends, they appeared homesick and disillusioned.April 15, 2009
• Joseph Boyden writes about native dichotomy
  Joseph Boyden just won Canada's top literary prize for his book "Through Black Spruce." It's the story of a Cree family in Northern Ontario, but it demonstrates how modern native life includes many worlds.April 3, 2009
• Reading every word of the Bible
  David Plotz, editor of the online magazine Slate, read every word of the Old Testament. He chronicles the experience in "Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible."Midday, March 24, 2009
• Losing our religion?
  A new survey suggests Americans are becoming more secular and turning away from the traditional religious denominations. Is religion still part of individual identity as it once was?Midmorning, March 13, 2009

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