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• Former inmate's lawsuit: Ramsey County failed to treat TB
  A former inmate is suing Ramsey County and medical staff at the county's workhouse after he said his tuberculosis went untreated for 54 days while he served time there last year.November 17, 2009
• Health care debate moves to Senate
  The U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin debate on its version of the health care reform bill this week. But questions about cost, a public option, and language on abortion could derail Democratic leader Harry Reid's efforts to get the bill passed.Midmorning, November 16, 2009
• Twin Cities students attend shuttle launch
  Ten junior high and high school students from Urban Ventures in Minneapolis are at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.November 15, 2009
• Downstream towns worried about Red River diversion
  Residents living downstream from Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., along the Red River fear their towns would be sacrificed in a diversion plan to save the two larger cities from chronic flooding.November 15, 2009
• Groups push Christmas lights recycling effort
  The Recycling Association of Minnesota is launching the first major statewide effort to recycle Christmas lights.November 15, 2009
• Klobuchar seeks better pandemic preparations
  U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says the country needs to modernize the production of vaccines and take steps to decrease the nation's dependence on foreign producers.November 13, 2009
• Hunter accused of illegally killing record buck
  A bow-and-arrow hunter is accused of illegally taking a trophy white-tailed buck in Goodhue County.November 12, 2009
• Minnesota reports 6 new confirmed H1N1 flu deaths
  Six more Minnesotans have died from H1N1 flu complications and a seventh flu death was likely caused by the H1N1 virus. There have now been 21 confirmed H1N1 deaths since April.November 12, 2009
• Doctors' view of counseling at the end of life
  Two experts on end-of-life counseling talk about the realities of their profession, and what families should know before and during the dying process.Midmorning, November 12, 2009
• Minn. woman's baby has surgery while half in womb
  A Minnesota woman's baby is recovering after doctors performed a rare surgery while the baby was still half in the womb.November 11, 2009
• Minnesota veterans relieved as VA recognizes Agent Orange link
  New research has led the Department of Veterans Affairs to change its policy on Agent Orange, a chemical widely using during the Vietnam War which is linked to illnesses in Vietnam veterans. The VA will now allow thousands of veterans to connect their illnesses to their Agent Orange exposure, making them eligible for more benefits.November 11, 2009
• The House health care bill and Minnesota
  The House passed its version of health care reform on Saturday, and certain elements of the bill may affect how things are done in Minnesota.November 11, 2009
• Federal health officials meet with Minnesota media on H1N1
  Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies met with members of the Minnesota media Tuesday to talk about the nation's pandemic influenza response.November 10, 2009
• Engineer says future lies in homebrew electric vehicles
  An electrical engineer in Sartell, Minnesota says for electric vehicles to catch on, people need to start building them in their garages.November 10, 2009
• Sen. Klobuchar hoping for reduction in medical device tax
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she hopes the Senate will reduce the proposed $40 billion tax on medical device manufacturers, as health care reform legislation makes its way through the Senate.November 9, 2009

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