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• Asian carp may have invaded Great Lakes
  Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery.November 20, 2009
• Investor says Elk Run project going slower than expected
  The California venture capitalist who says he plans to bring a billion-dollar bio-science park on a former elk farm in southeastern Minnesota said Friday it's going slower than he hoped.November 20, 2009
• Mayo's president stepping down to run program in Arizona
  Mayo President and CEO Denis Cortese is stepping down from the clinic's leading role Friday.November 20, 2009
• Turnout light at Minneapolis H1N1 vaccination clinics
  Turnout was light at four H1N1 vaccination clinics held last night at four Minneapolis elementary schools.November 20, 2009
• Senate set to vote Saturday on heath care legislation
  The U.S. Senate is set for a crucial vote Saturday night on one of President Obama's signature issues - overhauling the health care system. Former Republican Sen. David Durenberger, dubbed "Senator Health" when he was in the Senate, joins Midday to discuss the political and policy controversies over health care reform.Midday, November 20, 2009
• Seven Minnesota counties holding H1N1 vaccination clinics
  At least seven Minnesota counties are holding H1N1 flu vaccination clinics Friday and this weekend.November 20, 2009
• Augsburg student hospitalized with meningitis
  A student at Augsburg College in Minneapolis is hospitalized with a case of bacterial meningitis.November 20, 2009
• Feds stimulating research at Minnesota schools
  If ever there was a time for scientists to feel giddy, it's now. Federal stimulus money for research has started rolling into Minnesota colleges.November 20, 2009
• Intense debate over new mammogram guidelines
  New guidelines recommending against yearly mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 are creating confusion and anxiety among women, and stirring anger in the medical community.Midmorning, November 20, 2009
• Turnout light at school H1N1 clinic
  The Minneapolis Public Health Department offered H1N1 vaccine to kids at four elementary schools Thursday.November 19, 2009
• H1N1 vaccines being offered at 7 Minneapolis schools
  H1N1 flu vaccinations will be available at selected schools in Minneapolis Thursday and Friday.November 19, 2009
• The English Surgeon
  A renowned British neurosurgeon has traveled to Ukraine for 15 years to treat desperate patients who were given no hope of survival. Henry Marsh performs complicated brain surgery in archaic and hostile conditions in the Ukraine as the focus of a new PBS documentary.Midmorning, November 19, 2009
• HCMC approves big cuts in 2010 budget
  The Hennepin County Medical Center, the state's largest safety net hospital, will close at least two clinics, eliminate more than 150 positions and restrict access to its non-emergency services under a budget approved Wednesday.November 18, 2009
• Five more H1N1 deaths confirmed in Minn.
  Cases of H1N1 influenza continue to decrease in Minnesota schools, even while five more deaths from the illness were confirmed in the past week, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.November 18, 2009
• Ash borer threatens trees on Twin Cities' U campuses
  Up to 1,300 ash trees on the Twin Cities campuses of the University of Minnesota could eventually die from the invasive emerald ash borer, whose larvae destroy the trees' ability to transport water and nutrients.November 18, 2009

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