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• St. Cloud residents want smoke-free park
  St. Cloud State University has been tobacco-free for almost a year, but the decision has had unpleasant consequences for a nearby historical site.March 31, 2013
• 2 escape from low-security prison in Minn.
  Officials at a minimum-security federal prison camp near Duluth say two white-collar criminals have escaped. U.S. Marshal Service spokesman Thomas Volk says 64-year-old Michael Krzyzaniak and 67-year-old Gerald Greenfield are missing.March 31, 2013
• Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus at Nobel Peace Prize Forum
  2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and economist Muhammad Yunus speaks in Minneapolis at the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Forum. The father of micro-lending called for a world where unemployment and poverty are unknown.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, March 29, 2013
• Retired officer and U of M alum recalls his role in repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
  A retired officer returns to Minnesota and describes the process that led to repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'The Daily Circuit, March 28, 2013
• Photos: Connecting the needy with homeware necessities
  A non-profit founded in 1987 by the 88-year-old Heitzman at a suburban Twin Cities church, Bridging has grown into one of North America's largest furniture stores in which customers too poor to pay can shop for free.March 27, 2013
• Supreme Court skeptical of federal marriage law
  In a major gay rights case, the Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits that go to other married people.March 27, 2013
• Calif. gay marriage at the Supreme Court: excerpts
  Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme CourtMarch 27, 2013
• Live blog: Supreme Court tackles DOMA
  Today the court will focus on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), just a day after the nine justices considered the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage.March 27, 2013
• 'It's bad for business': Employers side with DOMA opponents
  Nearly 300 companies have filed a brief arguing that the Defense of Marriage Act hits them where it counts: their bottom lines.March 27, 2013
• MN housing: Poor struggle despite recovery
  New data show an improving economy is beginning to benefit the state's homeowners, but those at the bottom of the economic ladder continue to experience financial distress.March 26, 2013
• Isabel Wilkerson speaking on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, speaking at the 2011 MPR Broadcast Journalist Series about her non-fiction book about the great migration of African-Americans from the south to the north and west. "The Warmth of Other Suns" won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She spoke with MPR's Stephen Smith at the University of St. Thomas.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, March 26, 2013
• USDA official calls for healthy eating focus
  U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon spoke Monday at the University of Minnesota during a two-day visit to the state.March 26, 2013
• Live blog: Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage
  U.S. Supreme Court justices will hear arguments Tuesday on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. On Wednesday they'll hear arguments on the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman.March 26, 2013
• Supreme Court sidewalk campers hope for seats at same-sex marriage arguments
  Later this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing two days of arguments about the future of same-sex marriage in America. Members of the public are allowed to sit in on arguments, first come, first served. So people have been lining up for days on Capitol Hill, sleeping on the pavement to save their space.March 26, 2013
• Life in a homeless shelter through the eyes of an 8-year old
  Homelessness is on the rise in Minnesota, up 6 percent over the past four years. And nearly half the homeless are children younger than 21. MPR News spent time with an 8-year old girl named Paris, whose family is living at a Minneapolis shelter.March 25, 2013

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