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• Big ag agrees to conserve cropland, but at what cost?
  Taxpayers help subsidize crop insurance premiums for farmers to the tune of about $9 billion. environmentalists argue that farmers who receive this financial support should be required to be good stewards of the land.May 10, 2013
• Many proposed frac sand mines would fail 'trout stream' test
  Legislation that would prohibit frac sand mining within a mile of a trout stream or spring in southeastern Minnesota would prevent at least 10 proposed frac sand mines in the region from being developed, show an MPR News analysis.May 9, 2013
• Minnesota reports 3 more flu deaths
  Minnesota has recorded three more flu-related deaths as the influenza season continues to wind down.May 9, 2013
• Temple Grandin helps explain the autistic brain
  MPR's Kerri Miller has interviewed scientist and autism activist Temple Grandin at least four times, including a recent visit that led to a story she produced for KARE TV. And they'll talk again tonight at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, about Grandin's research into the autistic brain -- including her own.May 9, 2013
• Map: The planned Fargo-Moorhead Red River diversion channel
  Public officials in North Dakota and Minnesota say a combination of levees, floodwalls, and a diversion channel is the only way to protect Fargo-Moorhead from a 500-year flood. Both cities have constructed levees and floodwalls, but the estimated $1.8 billion diversion project needs Congressional approval. When approved and funded, construction would take about 10 years. Below is a proposed route of the diversion.May 9, 2013
• Photos: North Shore thaw brings world-class kayaking
  Along the North Shore of Lake Superior, streams like the Lester River in Duluth are roaring, full of chocolate-brown, frothy, churning spring runoff. It's that time of year when hikers are warned to stay away from the creeks -- and when kayakers like Chris Baer flock to them.May 9, 2013
• High hospital bills go public, but will it help?
  For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.May 9, 2013
• Q&A: Bringing focus to children's mental health
  The issue of mental health is often brought up after a crisis, and even in the gun debate at the Capitol. But discussion of mental health in children is less focused on.May 8, 2013
• Health treatment pricing info now online
  Actual pricing data for the cost for health treatment charged by hospitals is now available online.May 8, 2013
• Lyme disease: Price skyrockets for doxycycline antibiotic
  A common antibiotic used to treat everything from Lyme disease to chlamydia to acne is in short supply, leading the drug's price to skyrocket in Minnesota.May 8, 2013
• Updraft: Headed for a temperature roller coaster
  Frost and 80 degrees are likely within a span of about 36 to 48 hours next Sunday through Tuesday. And, if you had control of the weather joystick, when would you make it rain?May 8, 2013
• Living with ALS, Part XIII: A patient becomes a teacher
  In our 13th report following University of St. Thomas professor Bruce Kramer as he copes with life after being diagnosed with ALS, we follow him as he delivers a guest lecture at the University of Minnesota medical school.May 8, 2013
• Rat 'mutton,' bird flu: Strange days in Shanghai
  More than 16,000 dead pigs show up in a major river. The H7N9 virus showed is found in live fowl in Shanghai's markets. And a crime ring allegedly passes off more than $1 million worth of rat and other small mammal meat as mutton.May 8, 2013
• Gene test may help guide prostate cancer treatment
  A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.May 8, 2013
• Spring storms strand migrating loons in Wisconsin
  At least 50 loons have been rescued from farmers' fields, parking lots and roadsides since Saturday in northern Wisconsin. What's happening?May 8, 2013

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