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• Drone aircraft help Grand Forks police fight crime
  The unmanned aircraft are small enough to fit in the trunk of a squad car, and let officers search areas from a different perspective while saving time and money, but privacy advocates worry they might also make it easy for police to spy on people.May 16, 2013
• DNR collaring moose calves to study, protect species
  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has started the second phase of its ambitious study to determine why the state's moose population is declining so rapidly. Last week, they began collaring newborn moose calves.May 15, 2013
• Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos
  Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.May 15, 2013
• Wildfires break out near Park Rapids and NW Wisconsin
  High temperatures and desert-like humidity readings are helping to drive an outbreak of wildfires in Minnesota and Wisconsin.May 15, 2013
• Angelina Jolie and the rise of preventive mastectomies
  Over the past decade, doctors have noticed a big increase in the number of women choosing prophylactic, or preventive, mastectomies. Some, like actress Angelina Jolie, have a genetic mutation that makes it much more likely that they will have breast cancer.May 15, 2013
• Study questions how sharply US should cut the salt
  A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle.May 15, 2013
• Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems
  A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday.May 15, 2013
• Dr. Jon Hallberg: Fighting polio around the world
  A disease that's almost eradicated is still in the news. There were 223 cases of polio last year worldwide.May 14, 2013
• NPR's Alix Spiegel speaks on covering psychology and emotion
  NPR science desk reporter Alix Spiegel, speaking April 29, 2013 as part of the MPR Broadcast Journalist Series. MPR's Steven John hosted the event at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, May 14, 2013
• Fighting eagles crash land on Duluth airport runway
  Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.May 14, 2013
• Remembering ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts: Minnesota Sounds and Voices
  Along with spring, migratory birds are back. More than a century ago, their seasonal arrival was the object of intense interest by one of the state's most important ornithologists, Thomas Sadler Roberts.May 14, 2013
• Actress Angelina Jolie shares double mastectomy story
  "I choose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer," she said. "It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested."May 14, 2013
• New PolyMet environmental study released to DNR, EPA and tribes
  A controversial proposed copper-nickel mine in northeast Minnesota reached a major milestone Monday.May 13, 2013
• Living a low-carbon lifestyle
  From the Commonwealth Club's Climate One series, six experts discuss the best ways individuals can save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. The myths and realities of being a "green" consumer.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, May 13, 2013
• Small businesses wonder what health overhaul has in store for them
  Organizations representing small business have been among the sharpest critics of the federal health care overhaul. But the opposition is not universal. Some small business owners in Minnesota hope they'll find new health insurance options thanks to the law and MNSURE, the new state new online insurance marketplace it created.May 13, 2013

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