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• Friday night lights honor vets, families on 9/11
  For the first time, the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks falls on a Friday -- the traditional night for high school football. Some schools are going all out to remember those who died in the attacks and served in the two wars that have followed.September 11, 2009
• Delegates from Najaf, Iraq to visit Minneapolis
  Delegates from Najaf, Iraq will visit Minneapolis this month, as part of the newly established "sister city" relationship between the two cities.September 10, 2009
• President of Somalia to visit Minneapolis
  Somalia's United Nations ambassador says his country's newly elected president plans a tour of U.S. communities with large Somali populations this fall, including Minneapolis.September 9, 2009
• Rep. Walz unsure he would support troop increase
  After returning from Afghanistan, Rep. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he is still not sure if he could support an increase in troops to the region.September 8, 2009
• Fifth Minn. man dies in Somalia
  A fifth Somali-American man from Minnesota was killed in his East African homeland, according to family members.September 5, 2009
• Burnsville soldier remembered for patriotism
  The Department of Defense has confirmed that a 25-year-old Burnsville man was killed on an Army mission in Iraq.September 4, 2009
• World War II on the Air
  CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and his team of radio reporters broadcast from the rooftops and streets of Europe during WWII, providing Americans with real-time information about the war. On the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII, Midday listens back to some of those CBS broadcasts.Midday, September 1, 2009
• 70th anniversary of World War II
  On this day in 1939 German troops rolled into Poland, beginning World War II. Neville Chamberlain declared war, FDR declared neutrality. Minnesotan Charles Lindbergh addressed the America First rally. Hear their voices, and an historian, on Midday.Midday, September 1, 2009
• Minnesota-based Army unit headed to Afghanistan
  A Minnesota-based Army Reserve unit is sending 130 soldiers to Afghanistan to build bridges, roads and military facilities.August 31, 2009
• Patriotism may have drawn Minnesotans to Somalia
  Some Somali-Americans in Minnesota are questioning the U.S. government's punishment of what some considered a patriotic pull of the homeland.August 27, 2009
• Details emerge about Somali terrorists' recruiting methods
  One young man attended secret meetings in Minneapolis. Another got a phone call, urging him to leave Minnesota and go to Somalia to fight. Terrorist training videos featuring English speakers pepper YouTube, calling others to the cause.August 25, 2009
• Afghan situation worsens
  U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan say more troops are needed, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs says there is danger that the Taliban will take over again. Election results are uncertain.Midday, August 24, 2009
• Litchfield soldier killed in Afghanistan
  A 20-year-old Army private from Litchfield in central Minnesota has been killed in Afghanistan.August 24, 2009
• 12 Minnesota Guard soldiers to depart for Afghanistan
  The Minnesota National Guard holds a send-off Friday for 12 soldiers deploying to Afghanistan.August 21, 2009
• Leadership lessons from the battlefield
  General Anthony Zinni, Former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command, speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California about what the battlefield can teach us about leadership. Zinni is the author of a new book, "Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom."Midday, August 20, 2009

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