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• General: 'Days of Rambo are over' on plan putting women in most combat jobs
  Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.June 19, 2013
• Homelessness increases in oil-rich N.D.
  The director of an advocacy group says the number of homeless people is soaring in North Dakota.June 16, 2013
• Coalition pushes to prevent and halt elder abuse
  A coalition of Minnesota county officials, senior advocates, health care providers and banks is launching a statewide educational campaign on elder abuse.June 16, 2013
• The new dads: Diaper duty's just the start
  Something is changing with today's young fathers. By their own accounts, by their wives' testimony, and according to time-use studies and other statistics, more men are doing more around the house, from packing school lunches and doing laundry to getting up in the middle of the night with a screaming infant.June 15, 2013
• Duluth marks anniversary of memorial to 3 lynching victims
  Duluth residents are commemorating the 10-year anniversary this weekend of the construction of a memorial to honor the vicitms of a lynching nearly a century ago.June 15, 2013
• Asians are fastest-growing minority groups in Minn.
  Census figures show that Asians and other minority groups are the main driver of Minnesota's modest population growth, but the state remains less racially diverse than the country as a whole.June 13, 2013
• Who's feeding kids in northwest Minn. this summer?
  The kids of northwestern Minnesota who eat subsidized lunches during the school year aren't getting much help during the summer.June 12, 2013
• For some, Cheerios commercial crossed a line by depicting mixed-race family as normal
  A multicultural family has an adorable moment in a commercial, and the backlash is harsh.The Daily Circuit, June 11, 2013
• In 50 years, huge strides for gay-rights movement
  The gay-rights movement may be on the cusp of momentous legal breakthroughs. The transition over five decades has been far from smooth, and unlike the civil rights movement and the women's liberation movement, the campaign for gay rights unfolded without household-name leaders. Progress came about largely due to the individual choices of countless gays and lesbians to come out of the closet.June 9, 2013
• Duluth residents: Help us take on synthetic drugs
  Duluth residents called on Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on Friday for help combating synthetic drugs. More than 100 people packed a public hearing that Swanson and a special legislative committee held in Duluth. The subject was what to do about what Swanson called "this terrible venom" of synthetic drugs.June 8, 2013
• Counties tally marriage license requests on first day same-sex couples can apply
  Officials in Hennepin County say they processed at least 38 marriage license applications from same-sex couples on Thursday, the first day the county allowed such applications. In Ramsey County, authorities reported receiving 14 marriage license applications from same-sex couples.June 6, 2013
• Same-sex couples begin applying for marriage licenses
  Three metro counties began taking applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples on Thursday, marking another milestone for Minnesota.June 6, 2013
• Photos: Minn. same-sex couples line up for marriage licenses
  Same-sex couples lined up at government offices in the Twin Cities this morning to apply for marriage licenses for the very first time, just a few weeks after same-sex marriage was made legal in the state.June 6, 2013
• Doors open today for same-sex marriage applications
  Applications for same-sex marriage licenses became available this morning in Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties.June 6, 2013
• Politicians react to phone data collection by US goverment
  The Obama administration is defending the National Security Agency's need to collect such records, but critics are calling it a huge over-reach. "I think people want the homeland kept safe to the extent we can," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein.June 6, 2013

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