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  • Interactive map: Report the worst potholes
    Report the worst potholes in your neighborhood on MPR's interactive map, and alert the officials in charge of fixing them.February 22, 2010
  • Students deal with suicide of popular teacher
    Students at a Duluth high school are dealing with the suicide of a popular teacher who was under investigation for sexual misconduct.February 22, 2010
  • The art of the visual metaphor
    When it comes to defining Ellen Kuras it's simplest just to call her a filmmaker. But she's known for many things in the industry: she's a sought after director of photography, and has worked on movies by Spike Lee, Michel Gondry, and Harold Ramis. She is also an Oscar nominated documentary director. She is in Minnesota to talk about her work, and her skills at visual story-telling.February 19, 2010
  • Taste of Minnesota co-founder Ron Maddox dies
    The co-founder of the Taste of Minnesota festival died Friday. Ron Maddox was 72.February 19, 2010
  • Tiger Woods: Sorry for behavior, unsure of return
    Tiger Woods apologized for cheating on his wife and says he is unsure when he will return to competitive golf.February 19, 2010
  • Student who drowned in La Crosse was intoxicated
    The La Crosse County medical examiner says the college student who drowned in the Mississippi River at La Crosse this week was highly intoxicated.February 19, 2010
  • Missing Mexican wolf found in New Brighton
    Authorities have tracked a missing Mexican gray wolf to New Brighton in the northeastern Twin Cities.February 18, 2010
  • Gibbs: Obama gives 'strong support' to Dalai Lama
    President Barack Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama for closely-watched White House talks Thursday, risking fallout in China over the get-together and Obama's statement supporting preservation of Tibet's identity and human rights.February 18, 2010
  • Wetterling Center merges with Winona training program
    The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, named for the 11-year-old boy abducted from his central Minnesota town in 1989, has become part of a child protection training center based in Winona.February 18, 2010
  • For the savvy, retailer's liberal policy offers many happy returns
    Some find ways to rent instead of buy. For free.February 17, 2010
  • Black Pearl Sings and touches on difficult issues
    A new play at Penumbra Theater in St. Paul explores the relationship between an academic collecting slave songs and a woman prisoner who claims to have the songs the researcher needs.February 17, 2010
  • MPR's Fantasy Olympic Games
    To track the progress of Minnesota's athletes competing at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, we've created a friendly competition between the Morning Edition and All Things Considered programs, which we call MPR's Fantasy Olympic Games.February 16, 2010
  • Wolf missing from north metro wildlife center
    A gray wolf is missing from a wildlife center in Forest Lake, after someone apparently broke into the building Sunday night and pried open the gate.February 16, 2010
  • 8 collared moose recaptured in NE Minn.
    Some moose that had been recently collared had to be recaptured on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation in northeastern Minnesota because their satellite collars had malfunctioned.February 16, 2010
  • La Crosse student missing after night of drinking
    A La Crosse college student is missing, and authorities are considering whether to search the Mississippi River after footprints were found on the ice.February 15, 2010

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