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• Novel on English village life amuses while spearing prejudice
  After struggling for a while to write a gritty up-to-the-moment novel, Helen Simonson decided to stop beating herself up and write something for herself. Now the resulting book "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" is a New York Times bestseller.February 2, 2011
• The next Sputnik moment?
  In his State of the Union address, President Obama said that the first step to winning the future is to encourage American innovation, and called this "our generation's Sputnik moment." What does America need to do regain it's role as the innovation nation?Midmorning, February 2, 2011
• Ryan Anderson wins Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon
  Ryan Anderson of the northern Minnesota town of Ray has won the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in a neck-and-neck finish.February 2, 2011
• Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring
  To the relief of the winter-weary, the world's most famous groundhog predicted an early spring Wednesday.February 2, 2011
• Today's Question: Who Are You?
  There's a growing ambiguity in how Americans describe their ethnic backgrounds. There is also a growing number of mixed-race marriages producing multiracial children. So for Today's Question, we asked: "Who are you?"February 1, 2011
• A career in the theater as a composer
  It's preview week for the Guthrie Theater's new production of Shakespeare's "The Winters Tale," and one of the people scrambling to get things ready is composer Adam Wernick. Just as the actors are honing their performances Wernick will refine the music right up to Friday's opening night.February 1, 2011
• Viability of Metrodome in question as plans for new stadium edge toward Capitol
  The Minnesota Vikings and some key state lawmakers say they will roll out a plan for a new stadium for the team in coming weeks, but even its detractors say the Metrodome -- despite roof troubles -- could be viable for years to come.February 1, 2011
• Crime in Rochester a problem of perception versus reality
  Crime has become a hot topic in Rochester, even though the city's crime rate has remained virtually static in the past decade. But city and police officials say the perception of crime in Rochester is actually getting worse.January 31, 2011
• Photos: John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon
  The nearly 400-mile race starts in Duluth and winds along the North Shore Trail of Lake Superior. It is the longest, hardest marathon in the lower 48 states and is used as a qualifying event for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska. (Photos submitted by Paul M. Walsh, a freelance photojournalist who lives in the Duluth area)January 31, 2011
• Fairmont plant's water plan draws criticism
  A Fairmont ethanol plant wants to build a pipeline that would discharge half a million gallons of treated water into the Blue Earth River.January 31, 2011
• Iran summons American woman for Feb. 6 trial
  Iran has summoned an American woman to return to the country and stand trial on Feb. 6 along with two other Americans still in custody and accused of spying after crossing the border from Iraq, a judiciary spokesman said Monday.January 31, 2011
• 29 airmen leave Minn., prep for mission in Afghan.
  Twenty-nine engineers in the U.S. Air Force Reserve have left Minnesota to train for a six-month mission in Afghanistan.January 31, 2011
• Minnesota man raises award-winning pigeons
  Jerry Burgr has spent more and more time on a farm northwest of Stewartville where he keeps Modenas, Racing Homer and Birmingham Roller pigeons. His goal is to breed the perfect pigeon for shows.January 30, 2011
• MPR News photos of the week
  This week brought us the president's State of the Union address and Morning Edition traveled to Washington D.C. to guage Minnesota's power.January 28, 2011
• Minnesotans in DC: President of the American Association of Museums Ford Bell
  Cathy Wurzer talks with Minnesota native Ford Bell, a veterinarian by training and a former CEO of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, who is now Bell the president of the American Association of Museums in Washington D.C.January 28, 2011

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