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• Today's Question: What are you thankful for?
  We typically talk about policy challenges and social problems in this space. Let's take this holiday to reflect on what matters most to us. Today's Question: What are you thankful for?November 28, 2013
• Thanksgiving-Hanukkah overlap spurs thanks, angst
  When life gives you Hanukkah on Thanksgiving, make a menurkey. Or a turkel.November 27, 2013
• Ties That Bind: 10th anniversary of StoryCorps
  Scott Simon and David Isay present highlights of the personal stories told and archived through the StoryCorps audio project. Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 45,000 interviews with nearly 90,000 participants. Each conversation is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to the weekly broadcasts on NPR's Morning Edition and online. From StoryCorps: The collection is intended to remind one another of our shared humanity, strengthen and build the connections between people, teach the value of listening, and weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that every life matters. At the same time creating an invaluable archive of American voices and wisdom for future generations.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, November 27, 2013
• Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude
  The 2013 edition of "Giving Thanks," by Classical MPR host John Birge. From John Birge: "Gratitude. It's the signature of every Giving Thanks. I love Thanksgiving because it's universal. No matter what your religion -- even if you have no religion -- you still have this spiritual desire to give thanks, to feel gratitude for the gifts in life that you didn't earn, but were given to you."Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, November 27, 2013
• From kitchen star to Salvation Army chef
  Jeff Ansorge once commanded a staff of 17 and made around $80,000 a year as executive chef at a posh downtown Minneapolis restaurant. He gave it all up to become the head cook of a Salvation Army soup kitchen.November 27, 2013
• Wind could ground Macy's parade balloons in NYC
  Balloons have only been grounded once in the parade's 87-year history, when bad weather kept them from flying in 1971.November 27, 2013
• The horse who picked up a paintbrush
  Paintings by retired racehorse Metro Meteor raise money to help other thoroughbreds find homes.November 27, 2013
• Photos: Small town says goodbye to its nursing home
  The recent closure of the 33-bed Good Samaritan Center in Hoffman, Minn., leaves Grant County with just one nursing home, located in nearby Barrett.November 27, 2013
• American Regional English dictionary going online
  Nearly 50 years ago University of Wisconsin students and researchers set out in "word wagons" to record the ways Americans spoke in various parts of the country. This time, the work to update the Dictionary of American Regional English is being done in front of computers.November 27, 2013
• NPR's Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season
  National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read stories for Hanukkah.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, November 26, 2013
• A place in the Twin Cities that stinks. Literally
  The area around Highway 61 and Interstate 494 in Newport-South St. Paul might be the most foul-smelling location in the Twin Cities. On the Newport side a recycling facility and an oil refinery fills in the odorous gaps that a wastewater plant and a bulk terminal leave in the senses.November 26, 2013
• Unlucky sibling of pardoned turkeys meets governor
  Jokingly dubbed "Delicious" by a farmer traveling with the 20-pound gobbler, the unfortunate turkey enjoyed only a brief stay of execution -- not a reprieve -- during a ceremony laced with gallows humor at Gov. Mark Dayton's Capitol office.November 25, 2013
• MPR President Jon McTaggart answers audience questions
  Minnesota Public Radio president and CEO John McTaggart joins MPR host Steven John in the MPR studios to answer questions from radio listeners and the online and mobile audiences.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, November 25, 2013
• Does Minnesota work better than Wisconsin?
  Sure, your little spunky football team played our little spunky football team even yesterday, Wisconsin. But that's about as close as Wisconsin gets in the ongoing battle between Wisconsin and Minnesota, according to University of Minnesota political science professor Larry Jacobs.November 25, 2013
• Helmet camera craze lets skiers record their own runs for posterity, YouTube and grandma
  Helmet cameras on ski slopes have become so ubiquitous that they are "almost the norm," enabling adventurous skiers to photograph and videotape their descents, jumps and tracks to show off later.November 22, 2013

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