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• Video: Ex-radical Sara Jane Olson takes on new cause
  Since Sara Jane Olson was released from a California prison four years ago, she's lived a relatively private life in her St. Paul neighborhood. Olson served seven years in prison for her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army in the 1970s -- a radical group best known for kidnapping Patty Hearst. Now she's moving back into public life by petitioning the White House to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine.May 28, 2013
• St. Cloud veteran gathering photos of Minnesotans killed in Vietnam War
  A Vietnam veteran in St. Cloud is working to obtain photographs of Minnesota service members killed in the Vietnam War.The Daily Circuit, May 28, 2013
• Man uses billboard to seek kidney donor
  Fifty-eight-year-old Peter Casper's billboard is on U.S. Highway 41 near Neenah, Wis. The billboard says "One kidney. One life. Can you donate?"May 28, 2013
• North Country Trail stretches in Becker Co.
  Trail enthusiasts are ready to celebrate the opening of a 21-mile section of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northwestern Minnesota.May 28, 2013
• The great charcoal debate: Briquettes or lumps?
  A lot of things about grilling can ignite a fight, including the meaning of "barbecue." But the first hurdle is navigating the question: Do you use charcoal briquettes or lump charcoal, also known as "natural" hardwood charcoal?May 25, 2013
• Port Authority head announces plan to retire
  The executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority has announced plans to retire.May 25, 2013
• 1st Superman comic found in MN house wall
  It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a wall in a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.May 24, 2013
• Ahead of Memorial Day, share a story about someone who served
  This picture from Newsweek, of the family of one of the first soldiers killed in the first Gulf War, is tattered because it's been folded up and put in and taken out of a wallet occasionally for the last 18 years. There's a story behind it. Do you have a story about someone who served? Click on the headline and tell us.May 24, 2013
• It's cabin-opening season for some Minnesotans
  Memorial Day weekend is upon us and many Minnesotans are heading north on clogged highways to summer cabins. With the long winter and late ice-out on many lakes, for some this could be the first visit since last fall. One family opened up the cabin that's provided a summer retreat to four generations.May 24, 2013
• Community mourns boys killed in mudslide
  Families and community continue to mourn the deaths of two boys killed in a St. Paul park mudslide earlier this week. Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to attend a memorial at Peter Hobart Elementary School on Friday for the victims, Mohamed Fofana and Haysem Sani.May 24, 2013
• Family fought to keep rustic wilderness
  As it turned out, a blind man can stop a bulldozer. Bill Muir did it.May 24, 2013
• Photos: Family cabin getaway for four generations
  Memorial Day weekend upon us and many Minnesotans are heading north on clogged highways to summer cabins. With the long winter and late ice-out on many lakes, for some this could be the first visit since last fall. One family opened up the cabin that's provided a summer retreat to four generations.May 24, 2013
• St. Louis County jail open for filmmakers
  The owner of the former St. Louis County jail has a new idea for repurposing the building that's been vacant for 18 years: allow artists to use it for film shoots.May 23, 2013
• North Minneapolis still recovering two years after tornado
  It's been two years since a tornado hit the north side of Minneapolis, killing two people and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure.May 22, 2013
• To forgive may not be so divine, after all
  A professor offers an unrepentant defense of the held grudge.The Daily Circuit, May 22, 2013

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