Monday In Depth: November 26, 2012
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More teenagers seek big muscles through steroids, weights
A new report shows that a growing number of teen boys are bodybuilding, and using supplements and steroids to bulk up. The effects of steroids may be particularly dangerous for adolescents.
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What the Affordable Care Act means for hospitals
The re-election of President Obama guaranteed that the country will be moving forward with the Affordable Care Act. For hospitals that means big changes in the way they get paid.
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Sherman Alexie on 'Blasphemy'
Author Sherman Alexie joined The Daily Circuit to discuss 'Blasphemy,' his new collection of short stories.
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Other features
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9:50 a.m.
Ask a Neuroscientist: Sleeping and functioning skills
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10:06 a.m.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac owe nearly $140 billion
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11:06 a.m.
A look at the Little Falls deadly shooting case
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012The Daily Circuit Blog
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Three perspectives on bridging the marriage opinion gap
May 17, 2013, 09:05 AM in Politics & Government Now that Gov. Mark Dayton has signed the same-sex marriage bill into law, we asked the participants on this week’s Roundtable for advice on how to bridge gaps between Minnesotans who support same-sex marriage and those who oppose it. Jim Wallis, author of “On God’s Side,” thinks we are on the cusp of a nationwide Read more → -
Temple Grandin helps explain the autistic brain and inspire those who have one
May 9, 2013, 12:05 PM in Arts & Culture Kerri Miller offers a look inside the thoughts of an autism pioneer. Read more → -
Op-ed pick: Is ‘The Great Gatsby’ all that great?
May 7, 2013, 09:05 AM in Arts & Culture "Gatsby as a literary creation leaves me cold. Like one of those manicured European parks patrolled on all sides by officious gendarmes, it is pleasant to look at, but you will not find any people inside." Read more → -
Five great thinkers about race
May 3, 2013, 09:05 AM in Arts & Culture James Baldwin is "still ahead of us by 10 years in terms of understanding and thinking about and talking about race." Read more →
Spotlight topics on The Daily Circuit
News & Trends
- Government seizure of AP phone records sparks criticism
- In Minnesota, gas prices are heading north for the summer
- Word watcher charts marathon bombing's description as 'surreal'
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Politics & Government
- Minnesota Senate takes up same-sex marriage question
- Players, listeners offer views on same-sex marriage vote
- House vote pending on same-sex marriage bill
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Science
- Monkeys or humans, it's the young who go first
- BBC: Discovery: A Trip Around Mars
- U professor appointed to National Academy of Sciences
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Arts & Culture
- Did you see 'Saw'? Horror films and why we like them
- Open a book, and hit the road
- Luhrmann's 'Gatsby': Much hype, mixed reviews
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Health & Medicine
- Listeners, readers tell the breast cancer story
- U of M set to enact smoking ban for Twin Cities campus
- Accessing new health exchanges in Minnesota's tribal nations
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Education
- More and more, faculty work for less pay and no security
- What if everyone went to the best schools?
- Dooher, Specht vie for Education Minnesota presidency
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Economy, Business & Jobs
- NY attorney general threatens to sue Wells Fargo, Bank of America
- US auto industry is no longer all about the Big 3
- In North Dakota, oil boom brings growing pains
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By the way
The on-air team
Kerri Miller, Host
Kerri Miller joined MPR News in June 2004 as host of MPR's News' Midmorning and Talking Volumes. Before that she was an award-winning television reporter for KARE 11. She has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981.
Tom Weber, Co-Host
Tom Weber has reported on K12 education and served as a general assignment reporter since joining MPR News in 2008. He was a news anchor and reporter for KWMU in St. Louis for more than five years. His reporting has aired on national radio programs, including "Morning Edition" and "Marketplace."
Stephanie Curtis, Social media host
Stephanie Curtis has produced events, daily news shows, documentaries, conferences and call-ins for MPR News. She also was among the pioneering producers who launched The Current. You can hear her discuss movies every Thursday on The Cube Critics.
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