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• Taxes and the deficit take center stage at the Capitol
  Gov. Mark Dayton says his proposed budget solution will be reasonable, balanced, and painful for Minnesota. The DFL representative on the House Taxes Committee discusses how that budget proposal will affect Minnesota's taxpayers.Midmorning, January 10, 2011
• Giffords still in ICU, gives thumbs up to doctors
  Doctors said Monday that Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' had given a thumbs up sign and tried to grab her breathing tube - heartening developments two days after surgery for a gunshot wound to the head.January 9, 2011
• Best of Youth Radio 2010
  The latest MPR News Presents broadcast showcases all the 2010 stories in the Youth Radio Series, with commentary from producer Sasha Aslanian on the making of the series.January 9, 2011
• Vang Pao funeral will include viewing in Twin Cities
  Funeral arrangements for Hmong leader Gen. Vang Pao are beginning to take shape, and those plans will include a viewing of his body in the Twin Cities.January 8, 2011
• Duluth mayor looks to spiff up iconic stone tower
  Duluth's mayor wants to direct local tourism taxes toward repairing an iconic observation tower that overlooks the city, and hopes it can be rededicated by the king of Norway when he visits Minnesota later this year.January 8, 2011
• Don't underestimate a teacher's problem with 'Huckleberry Finn'
  However skilled the presentation, the N-word elicits an emotional response.January 8, 2011
• Remembrances of Gen. Vang Pao
  MPR News reached out to sources in our Public Insight Network and asked them to share their remembrances of Gen. Vang Pao and what this means for the Hmong community in the U.S. going forward.January 7, 2011
• MPR News photos of the week
  Though politics, including the inauguration of Gov. Mark Dayton, dominated the news this week, a spike in farm prices and the evacuation of St. Cloud's City Hall got our attention too.January 7, 2011
• Duluth mayor looks to spiff up iconic stone tower
  Duluth's mayor wants to direct local tourism taxes toward repairing an iconic observation tower that overlooks the city, and hopes it can be rededicated by the king of Norway when he visits Minnesota later this year.January 7, 2011
• Hmong leader reacts to Vang Pao's death
  A leader in Minnesota's Hmong community said Friday that Vang Pao's death represents a great loss to the community.January 7, 2011
• Prairie Home first: A guest host to sub for Keillor
  The public radio world has been atwitter at news that A Prairie Home Companion will have a guest host next week.January 7, 2011
• Debate over dog park in south Mpls. sparks new conversations on Martin Luther King
  A debate over a proposed off-leash dog area at Martin Luther King Park in Minneapolis has divided the opposing camps along largely racial lines, but meetings on the debate have sparked new conversation within the surrounding community.January 7, 2011
• A snowsuit tells tales of terror
  Few people would link a toddler's snowsuit with the horrors of totalitarianism. Yet this weekend at the Walker Art Center some eastern European performers are doing just that. In "Show Your Face!" the snowsuit comes alive through a mixture of puppetry, movement and music.January 6, 2011
• Hmong community, military leader Vang Pao dies at 81
  Gen. Vang Pao, a key U.S. ally during the Vietnam War, died Thursday near Fresno, Calif. He was 81. The military leader is described by admirers as a warrior chieftain of the 18 Hmong clans he helped lead.January 6, 2011
• Opponents say proposed dog park disrespects MLK
  The Minneapolis Park Board is considering placing an off-leash dog park area in Martin Luther King Park, and some African Americans say they oppose it because it would disrespect the park's namesake.January 6, 2011

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