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St. Paul Winter Carnival

The St. Paul Winter Carnival is the nation's largest and oldest winter festival. This year's festival continues the tradition, unseasonably warm weather has forced the cancellation of several events.
Ellen Anderson

Senate expected to reject Dayton's PUC appointment

A key GOP senator said PUC Chair Ellen Anderson's policies are unfriendly to businesses and are not in line with the views of most Minnesotans.
Visible heart lab

Paul Iaizzo, the Visible Heart Lab's beating core

The University of Minnesota's Visible Heart lab is the only place in the world where researchers can study beating hearts outside the body.
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Hunger and obesity

Hunger may conjure up images of rail-thin children, but some people who struggle to feed their families are actually obese.

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State adds wind farms, but slips in national ranking

Minnesota added a dozen wind farms last year but slipped in rankings of with the most wind power capacity.

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'Carnage' a draw for some Arrowhead 135 ultra-marathoners

Frostbite, sleep deprivation and harrowing descents in pitch blackness are all part of the strange allure of an extreme ski, bike or foot race in far northern Minnesota that begins before dawn on Monday morning.

'Doubt' to be adapted for Minn. Opera

The Minnesota Opera is commissioning an operatic adaptation of the hit Broadway play "Doubt" as part of its 50th season, it was announced today.

Tired and trailing, Santorum goes home to do taxes

Rick Santorum taking a pause from Florida campaigning just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss.

Man charged with killing cougar

A southwest Minnesota man has been charged with illegally shooting a cougar in Jackson County in late November.

Amylin's long-delayed diabetes drug gets FDA nod

Federal health regulators have approved Amylin Pharmaceutical's long-delayed diabetes drug Bydureon, a next-generation treatment that requires fewer injections than the company's current offering, Byetta.
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