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- Minn. code talker gets Medal of Honor
Code talkers transmitted coded messages in 33 different tribal dialects during both World Wars. The effort helped keep enemy agents from deciphering the messages.December 15, 2013 - World watches as Mandela buried in his humble village
Under a sunny African sky, Nelson Mandela was buried Sunday on a hilltop overlooking his beloved boyhood village as members of his clan, national leaders and a global audience bid farewell to a man that transformed his country and became one of the world's most revered figures.December 15, 2013 - Mandela honored at St. Paul memorial
About two hundred people gathered at the Cathedral of St. Paul for a public memorial service to honor the late Nelson Mandela Saturday.December 14, 2013 - Photos: Santas party in New York City at 'SantaCon' bar crawl
The annual SantaCon bar crawl occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries.December 14, 2013 - For Friday the 13th, say it with us: Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Learn how to pronounce paraskevidekatriaphobia. Successfully saying that super long word supposedly cures one of any Friday the 13th-related fears.December 13, 2013 - Minnetonka student owns a piece of pope's skullcap
Katie Rich of Minnetonka, Minn., and Ethan Mack of Portland, Maine, were along the barricade for an audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday.December 13, 2013 - Tell us: Has the right to bear arms gone too far?
"In the last 12 months ... almost every state has enacted at least one new gun law. Nearly two-thirds of the new laws ease restrictions and expand the rights of gun owners," according to the New York Times. Does that make sense?December 13, 2013 - Mandela memorial interpreter was hallucinating
Thamsanqa Jantjie said in a 45-minute interview with The Associated Press that his hallucinations began while he was interpreting and that he tried not to panic because there were "armed policemen around me."December 12, 2013 - Woman returns $2,800 she found outside Moorhead McDonald's
A Minnesota woman feared someone had lost their holiday shopping money when she found an envelope stuffed with $2,800 worth of crisp $100 bills in a McDonald's parking lot in Moorhead.December 11, 2013 - Duluth man's mission returns old photos to families
St. Louis County property manager Matt Seppo was trying to get rid of accumulated junk in a Duluth nursing home a few years ago when he came across dusty plastic bags with old photos and photo albums inside.December 11, 2013 - Pope Francis is 'Time' magazine's Person Of The Year
Meanwhile, 'Time' says this year's runner-up is "NSA leaker" Edward Snowden. He tells the magazine, in an interview done from Russia via emails, that the National Security Agency "is surely not the Stasi" (East Germany's once-feared security service).December 11, 2013 - How to prepare a feast fit for a hobbit
If you're familiar with either J.R.R. Tolkien's novels or Peter Jackson's film adaptations, then you know how important food is to hobbits.December 10, 2013 - Do Americans spend more on video games or movies?
When you factor in everything -- not just movie tickets, but on demand, rentals, etc. -- Americans still spend way more on movies than they do on video games.December 10, 2013 - American held by North Korea returns
Saying this was a "great homecoming," Merrill Newman, the 85-year-old Korean War veteran who had been held by North Korea for weeks, walked out of San Francisco International Airport with his wife on Saturday.December 7, 2013 - A Mix Of Joy, Sadness: South Africans Mourn, Celebrate Mandela
As the sun rose over South Africa on Friday, the country began to come to terms with the loss of Nelson Mandela, whom President Jacob Zuma called the father of the nation.December 6, 2013
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