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• Minneapolis Grain Exchange to close trading floor
  The Exchange says it will close its floor trading Dec. 19, because of the trend nationwide toward electronic trading.October 24, 2008
• New movie 'Fritz' tells the Mondale story
  A new documentary about the life and career of Walter Mondale will get its world premiere at the Minnesota History Center tonight.October 16, 2008
• Dale and Jim Ed talk about the end of MPR's Morning Show
  The hosts of MPR's popular Morning Show announced today their program will end in December. Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole talk about their long collaboration, and the decision to bring it to an end.October 15, 2008
• Voices of Minnesota: Art Aufderheide and Clarke Chambers
  This episode of MPR's Voices of Minnesota features conversations with Art Aufderheide and Clarke Chambers, two detectives of sorts.Midday, September 30, 2008
• Minnesota's sesquicentennial called a success
  Organizers say Minnesota's 150th birthday celebration has been a solid success.September 29, 2008
• New novel explores growing up Japanese-American
  Twin Cities writer David Mura's new novel, "Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire," explores the Japanese-American experience through the eyes of a boy growing up in Chicago just after World War II.September 25, 2008
• Vikings linebacker Hilgenberg dies
  Former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Wally Hilgenberg has died after a battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 66.September 23, 2008
• Former Leinenkugel president dies at 87
  Bill Leinenkugel, who expanded the markets of the tiny Chippewa Falls brewery his family founded in 1867, died Monday after a lengthy struggle with cancer, his family said Tuesday. He was 87.September 23, 2008
• North Pole explorer Ralph Plaisted dies at 80
  Ralph S. Plaisted, a Minnesota insurance salesman turned Arctic explorer who led a snowmobile expedition to the North Pole in 1968, has died. He was 80.September 10, 2008
• Duluth Council postpones window sale
  The council postponed selling the stained-glass window until Oct. 13, in hopes of finding a local buyer. The council wants to sell the 115-year-old window to help balance the city's budget.September 9, 2008
• 'All the Way with LBJ'
  As this year's Democratic National Convention kicks off in Denver this week, we revisit the tumultuous 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago through a radio drama produced by Minnesota Public Radio and The History Theatre, "All the Way with LBJ."Midday, August 25, 2008
• Duluth tries to trim budget hole with civic yard sale
  The City of Duluth, which is facing a large budget crisis, is considering selling part of its cultural and natural heritage to settle the budget gap.August 21, 2008
• Minnesotan looks back on Iranian hostage crisis
  Minnesota native L. Bruce Laingen was charge d'affaires of the American Embassy in Iran when radicals took over the building and held 52 Americans hostage from November 1979 to January 1981. Laingen joins Midday to talk about his experience during the hostage crisis.Midday, August 19, 2008
• New sesquicentennial license plates unveiled
  Minnesota's new sesquicentennial license plate was unveiled today in Duluth.August 13, 2008
• Frank Lloyd Wright gas station turns 50
  It's the only gas station ever designed by Wright, and it's in Cloquet, Minn.August 7, 2008

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