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• Grammy winners on tape
  With the 53rd Grammy Awards coming up this weekend, Midmorning brings you Kerri Miller's in-depth conversations about music and songwriting with Grammy winners Aaron Neville, Shawn Colvin, and Loudon Wainwright III.Midmorning, February 7, 2011
• Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges
  An Iranian court held closed-door proceedings Sunday in the espionage trial of three Americans, including Minnesota-native Shane Bauer.February 6, 2011
• Photos: The Luminary Loppet
  Thousands of luminaries marked the course on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis Saturday for the Luminary Loppet, a nighttime ski event that is part of the City of Lakes Loppet ski festival.February 6, 2011
• Minn. boy with muscular disease plays for research
  Alex Amble can play Beethoven on the piano. And he can do it standing backward. And upside down. With muscular dystrophy. But that is easy compared with the new goal of the Woodbury 15-year-old - to use his music to raise $1 million to combat the disease.February 6, 2011
• Magraw and Wise still make music together after 30 years
  Two Minnesota musicians will celebrate 30 years of collaboration and a new album at the Cedar Cultural Center this weekend. Guitarist Dean Magraw and tabla player Marcus Wise talked recently with MPR's Euan Kerr about their new album, "How the Light Gets in."February 4, 2011
• Minnesotans attend Gen. Vang Pao's funeral
  Thousands of Minnesotans are attending funeral services for Gen. Vang Pao, to honor the Laotian general who assisted American troops during the Vietnam War. Vang Pao died near Fresno on Jan. 6. He was 81.February 4, 2011
• MPR News photos of the week
  This week, MPR News checked in on crime in Rochester, welcomed a new MnSCU chancellor and visited the creation of Ice Henge in Minneapolis.February 4, 2011
• Giffords' astronaut husband decides to fly shuttle
  The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will head to space in April, a stunning decision coming almost one month to the day that his wife was shot through the head.February 4, 2011
• Mpls. woman trying to get parents out of Egypt
  Dina Gad has been trying to find a way to get her parents out of Egypt, but she says the violence that broke out in recent days is making it hard to even reach the airports.February 4, 2011
• Mourners salute Hmong leader Vang Pao; Army denies Arlington burial
  A horse-drawn carriage holding the body of the late Gen. Vang Pao passed thousands of mourners Friday, as crowds gathered in downtown Fresno to begin an elaborate, six-day funeral service. On the same day, the Army denied a request that Vang Pao be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.February 4, 2011
• Gay groups to release transgender bias study
  Leading gay activists gathered in Minneapolis for a national conference are releasing a nationwide report on discrimination against transgender individuals.February 4, 2011
• How 'Biutiful' started with a voice in a director's head
  Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's film "Biutiful" opens in the Twin Cities this weekend, and is in the running for two top Oscars.February 3, 2011
• Mpls. woman who tried to mail puppy wants it back
  Stacey Champion has been charged with animal cruelty for trying to mail a puppy from Minneapolis to Georgia last week. But now she wants the dog back.February 3, 2011
• Minnesotans travel to Vang Pao funeral
  Thousands of Hmong from Minnesota will be traveling to California to pay respects to a man many consider a military hero.February 3, 2011
• Martin Luther King Park in Mpls. off list of sites for dog park
  The Minneapolis Park Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to take Martin Luther King Jr. Park off a list of possible sites for an off leash dog park.February 3, 2011

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