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• Hibbing synagogue with ties to Dylan is for sale
  Now on the market is the Hibbing synagogue where 13-year-old Bobby Zimmerman had his bar mitzvah, the same building that's No. 8 on the Bob Dylan Walk tour.October 10, 2010
• Families embrace foster dogs
  Holly Vanderweyst and her husband, Jeff, volunteer as a foster family for the American Brittany Rescue, a nationwide rescue group that finds homes for abandoned or surrendered Brittanies.October 10, 2010
• Documentary explores another side of Glenn Gould
  It's been more than a quarter century since Canadian pianist Glenn Gould died, yet fascination with him continues. A new documentary "Genius Within: the Inner Life of Glenn Gould" opened this weekend in Minneapolis.October 8, 2010
• Minn. police widow wants pin worn longer
  The widow of a fallen North St. Paul police officer has successfully convinced the city council to reconsider a policy that prohibits officers from wearing memorial pins for more than a year.October 8, 2010
• Chinese dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize
  Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for using nonviolence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. The award ignited a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honoring "a criminal."October 8, 2010
• FBI, police host public safety day for deaf kids
  More than 300 deaf and hard-of-hearing students will get a chance to interact with police and learn valuable safety lessons at an educational session set aside just for them.October 8, 2010
• Books, by the millions, for Africa
  While many of us take books for granted, in some parts of the world they are still a rarity. A St. Paul-based organization is trying to change this by sending millions of books, most of them school textbooks, to Africa.October 6, 2010
• High court to hear military funeral protest case
  The father of a Marine killed in Iraq is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a $5 million verdict against members of a fundamentalist church who picketed his son's funeral with signs like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates the USA."October 6, 2010
• Hartman statue to be unveiled in downtown Mpls
  Expect a few of Sid Hartman's close personal friends - and maybe a few "geniuses" - to gather when a bronze statue of the veteran sports columnist and radio personality is unveiled Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis.October 6, 2010
• Jimmy Carter, local politicians chip in for Habitat
  Carter joined Twin Cities officials and community residents in the Hawthorne neighborhood to kick off the Minnesota leg of the annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.October 6, 2010
• At Sound Unseen, a quest for the Kinks
  A mid-life crisis leads some people to buy expensive cars, take exotic trips, or even engage in illicit relationships. Journalist Geoff Edgers mid-life brought on a desire to try to get his favorite British band of the sixties to reform.October 6, 2010
• Soldier from New London killed in Afghanistan
  "We were proud that he, during war time, was willing to step up and do his duty," Rick Clark said of his son Ryane, who was killed earlier this week in Afghanistan.October 5, 2010
• A view from above
  As fall colors set in, we take a ride high above Minnesota to take a bird's-eye view of the seasonal change.October 5, 2010
• Winning Minn. 2011 pheasant stamp design unveiled
  A Freeport artist is the winner of Minnesota's 2011 pheasant stamp competition.October 5, 2010
• As 'Peanuts' turn 60, Schulz family plans future
  In 60 years, the U.S. sent a man to the moon, survived the Cold War and now has one of the worst economic funks in decades. All that time, Charles Schulz's imaginary gang has been a fixture of newspaper funny pages and grainy holiday TV specials.October 5, 2010

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