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- Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. left the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday after his second treatment for bipolar disorder there, but it remained unclear where the congressman was going or whether he planned to return to work in Washington.November 13, 2012 - Minnetonka principal: Spandex is distracting
Principal Dave Adney has emailed parents urging them to talk to their children about the fashion trend and the need to "keep things covered up."November 13, 2012 - Sonia Nazario tells Pulitzer Prize-winning immigration story
The author of "Enrique's Journey" speaks as part of MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series, moderated by MPR News editor Toni Randolph.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, November 12, 2012 - Armstrong cuts formal ties to Livestrong
Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer-fighting charity to avoid further damage brought by doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.November 12, 2012 - Rush-hour snowfall snarls morning commute
A light snow that happened to fall during rush hour caused major delays as icy conditions led to crashes, spinouts and stuck buses.November 12, 2012 - Breastfeeding baby doll: creepy or groundbreaking?
We've got dolls that wet, crawl and talk, but a breastfeeding doll whose suckling sounds are prompted by sensors sewn into a halter top at the nipples of little girls that caught some flak after hitting the U.S. market.November 8, 2012 - Record year for Nice Ride bike share
Customers used the green bikes for almost 275,000 trips, the most for the non-profit group since it started renting bikes in 2010, said Nice Ride executive director Bill Dossett.November 5, 2012 - To support kids like mine, vote no
The marriage amendment would be shaming and hurtful to children of same-sex couples.November 4, 2012 - Experts on hand at library for genealogy aid
Some of Minnesota's leading genealogy experts will be on hand at the Hennepin County Library on Saturday to help people research their family's past using some of the best databases available.November 3, 2012 - MPR News photos of the week
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan retires, a Minnesotan survives a shipwreck in the Atlantic, and hunters get ready for this month's wolf season. All that and more in our photos of the week.November 2, 2012 - Hunters: Legal to shoot? There's an app for that
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Law Enforcement developed the new app and tested it with state game wardensNovember 1, 2012 - Teacher collapses and dies in classroom
Forty-year-old Lori Blomme collapsed in her classroom Monday after telling her students she was feeling faint.October 31, 2012 - Why are Americans obsessed with miniature food?
The desire to shrink beloved dishes into individual servings pervades the global gastronomical landscape, one food expert says. Think about tapas, dim sum or the Bento Box.October 27, 2012 - AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks
Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not.October 27, 2012 - MPR News photos of the week
This week, we learned how to make pierogi, visited ranchers in northern Minnesota who're trying to protect their livestock, and remembered Sen. Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash 10 years ago this week.October 26, 2012
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