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• The turmoil within: Somali families try to fit in, struggle to forget
  In our second of a three-part series, "Civil War Kids: Young Somalis in Minnesota," reporter Laura Yuen explores the psychological scars inflicted by the bloody Somali civil war and how they are felt by the young generation in Minnesota.January 25, 2010
• In their own words: Raho Warsame
  Raho Warsame, 51, is a single mother of four grown children and property manager with the Project for Pride in Living in Minneapolis.January 25, 2010
• In their own words: Zuhur Ahmed
  Zuhur Ahmed is a community activist, aspiring doctor, graduate of University of Minnesota, and show host of KFAI's "Somali Community Link."January 25, 2010
• In their own words: Abdulkadir Sharif
  Abdulkadir Sharif is a former gang member and now a youth counselor at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute in St. Paul.January 25, 2010
• In their own words: Abdulahi Farah
  Abdulahi Farah is coordinator of the Salaam Project, which hired young outreach workers to intervene in the lives of high-risk Somali youths in an effort to reduce violence.January 25, 2010
• In their own words: Nimco Ahmed
  Nimco Ahmed is a community activist and policy aide with the Minneapolis City Council. Ahmed a state director for the Minnesota DFL party.January 25, 2010
• Was NFC championship loss Brett Favre's last game?
  Battered and beaten, Brett Favre limped off the field for perhaps the last time. He threw an ill-advised pass late in the fourth quarter which was intercepted, and eventually led to New Orleans' game-winning field goal over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game.January 24, 2010
• Families welcome Red Bulls home from Iraq
  The first wave of Minnesota National Guard soldiers began returning from Iraq Sunday. More than 1,000 soldiers from the Guard's 34th Infantry Division are coming home in the next few weeks.January 24, 2010
• News Cut in New Orleans: A friendly rivalry
  As the NFC Championship game approached, it wasn't hard to find New Orleans Saints fans embracing their Minnesota Vikings counterparts.January 24, 2010
• From the past: Klan's time in Minnesota
  The Minnesota version of the Klan was shaped by its own preoccupations and prejudices, were less focused on oppressing blacks, than Catholics, Jews, foreigners and anyone else they viewed as threat to their way of life.January 23, 2010
• Concerns over coyotes have some considering bounties
  Growing concerns over Minnesota's coyote population affecting livestock farming, some are considering a law that allows legal bounties on the predator to encourage increased hunting.January 22, 2010
• A chaplain reflects on marriage
  Kate Braestrup works in the wilds of Maine, as a chaplain for search and rescue teams. She sees the joy and sorrow associated with reunions and loss. Her latest memoir reflects on what keeps marriages going.Midmorning, January 22, 2010
• Black bear about to bear cubs live on Internet
  A black bear named Lily is may be about to give birth in the wild live on the Internet.January 21, 2010
• Study finds untapped potential in Native American art
  A new University of Minnesota study suggests that if helped, Native American artists could become a major economic asset to the state.January 21, 2010
• The story after a hardscrabble childhood
  Jeannette Walls' first memoir shocked readers with her dysfunctional childhood in a poor rural Arizona town. In her latest novel, which is a fictionalized prequel to "Glass Castle," she revisits her family to explore the pioneering life of her resourceful grandmother during the Great Depression.Midmorning, January 20, 2010

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