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• Meg Hutchinson, a musician singing to writers
  Singer-songwriter Meg Hutchinson says it's entirely appropriate that she's appearing at the Sinclair Lewis Writer's Conference this weekend, as she's always considered herself more of a writer than a musician.October 5, 2010
• Bright Ideas: U of M President Robert Bruininks
  University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks was the featured guest on the program "Bright Ideas" on September 28, 2010.October 1, 2010
• Brawl erupts at high school football game
  Police used pepper spray to control a brawl that broke out at a high school football game in St. Paul.October 1, 2010
• 'Catfish' swims through social media weeds
  This week you can get two different perspectives on social media at the multiplex. The feature film "The Social Network" explores the creation of Facebook. But there's another side shown in a creepier exploration of the on-line phenomenon in the documentary "Catfish."October 1, 2010
• Facebook founder's story no longer his alone
  Mark Zuckerberg, 26, has built Facebook into an international phenomenon by stretching the lines of social convention and embracing a new and far more permeable definition of community.September 30, 2010
• Jimmy Carter in DC after hospital stay
  Former President Jimmy Carter landed in Washington on Thursday after spending two nights in an Ohio hospital, where doctors said a viral infection likely gave him stomach problems.September 30, 2010
• Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home
  Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85.September 30, 2010
• Makeshift memorials
  Roadside memorials are often seen along the country's highways, typically noting the location where someone died along that road. More recently, homemade memorials have made their way off the streets and into residential neighborhoods. Reporter Nikki Tundel documented some of the makeshift memorials around the Twin Cities.September 29, 2010
• Carter remains in Ohio hospital for observation
  Former President Jimmy Carter, feeling normal and hoping to resume a book publicity tour soon, remained in an Ohio hospital Wednesday after doctors recommended additional observation following an overnight stay for an upset stomach.September 29, 2010
• No new answers for Wetterling family after latest investigation
  The Stearns County sheriff said Tuesday that lab work on items taken this summer from a Minnesota farm near the site of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling's 1989 abduction that has been going on this summer is almost done and no clues have emerged.September 29, 2010
• Grandson: Jimmy Carter 'doing fine' at Ohio hospital
  The Carter Center says Jimmy Carter developed an upset stomach on a flight to Cleveland and was taken to a hospital for observation.September 28, 2010
• Spivak talks with Morning Edition about winning a MacArthur
  Marla Spivak, a University of Minnesota entomologist who has won a MacArthur grant, spoke with Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer on Tuesday. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation.September 28, 2010
• Boulder to memorialize slain Minn. police officer
  Law officers and community members will gather Tuesday as a granite boulder is moved to the site where a Maplewood police officer was killed in the line of duty.September 28, 2010
• Minn. faith groups gather for prayer service
  Religious leaders from a variety of local faith groups are gathering in Minneapolis for a service in response to recent high-profile cases of anger directed at Muslims.September 28, 2010
• Iran indicates Oman is seeking release of 2 U.S. men
  Iran on Tuesday offered the first official indication that Oman is playing a role in trying to secure the release of two American men imprisoned for more than a year.September 28, 2010

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