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• For cancer patients, art a needed emotional release
  "It would ... allow me to express my anger - there's a lot of anger involved in cancer," Sally Thayer, a 58-year-old part-time bookkeeper, said of an art therapy program at the Coborn Cancer Center.October 24, 2010
• Quilt shop makes a cozy concert venue
  A quilt shop in the small central Minnesota town of Avon boasts fabric from around the world. About once a month, the shop also puts music on display, in intimate concerts that have become popular with area folk and blues fans.October 22, 2010
• Family protests after DNR sells land they donated near Stillwater
  The family who donated land to the state Department of Natural Resources in 1974 so it would be preserved says they will pursue legal action after the land was sold recently.October 22, 2010
• MPR News: Photos of the week
  This week we visited political rallies and debates, saw soldiers off to Afghanistan and got a glimpse of big cats in Sandstone, Minn.October 22, 2010
• Williams: NPR was looking for reason to fire him
  Ousted NPR analyst Juan Williams said Friday that he believes his former employer had been looking for a reason to fire him and used comments he made this week about Muslim airline passengers as an excuse to do so.October 22, 2010
• Guard soldiers deployed to Afghanistan
  The Minnesota National Guard held a deployment ceremony Thursday at the Cedar Street Armory in St. Paul honoring 12 soldiers heading to Afghanistan for a year-long tour of duty.October 21, 2010
• 1,810-pound Wis. pumpkin named world's heaviest
  Guinness World Records has confirmed that a massive pumpkin grown in Wisconsin is officially the world's heaviest.October 21, 2010
• Minn. Zoo announces baby dolphin naming contest
  The Minnesota Zoo is inviting the public to name the zoo's new Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf.October 20, 2010
• Bill Bryson: The home, up close
  Bill Bryson is known for his humorous books on travel, but for his latest he stays closer to home, specifically his own. "At Home" is an intimate look at Bryson's victorian era home in England, and the history behind some of the everyday items we take for granted.Midmorning, October 20, 2010
• 'Happy Days' dad Tom Bosley dead at 83
  Tom Bosley, whose long acting career was highlighted by his hugely popular role as the understanding father on television's nostalgic, top-rated 1970s comedy series "Happy Days," died Tuesday. He was 83.October 19, 2010
• Minn. explorer says he's first to hit both poles, Everest in same year
  A 39-year-old Grand Marais man said he's the first person ever to cross both the north and south poles and summit Mt. Everest in the same year.October 19, 2010
• Families of 2 still held in Iran expect Nov. trial
  The mother of one of two Americans still jailed in Iran says the men have a Nov. 6 trial date, and their families hope that means a release soon after.October 19, 2010
• Rapper Eyedea remembered for his lyrical virtuosity
  Members of Minnesota's hip hop community are mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars.October 18, 2010
• St. Paul rapper Michael 'Eyedea' Larsen dead at 28
  A Twin Cities rapper who recorded under the name Eyedea has died unexpectedly at age 28.October 18, 2010
• Minnesota's Wildcat Sanctuary
  Lions, tigers, and leopards are a few of the breeds housed at the Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minn. The sanctuary is closed to the public and is solely funded by private funds. Since it's not open to the public, most of the donors will never see the cats in person.October 18, 2010

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