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• Award-winning author creates a world with short stories
  National Book Award Finalist Daniyal Mueenuddin set out to create a miniature world in his book "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders."January 19, 2010
• Mothers of deployed soldiers find support in numbers
  Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan left mothers here at home, some of whom have turned to Blue Star Mothers for support and these groups are helping a new wave of moms cope with their children's deployments.January 18, 2010
• Obama to celebrate MLK's life and legacy
  President Barack Obama will spend much of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating the civil rights leader's life and legacy.January 18, 2010
• Ethics and morality, without religion
  The humanist chaplain at Harvard preaches on living an ethical life without belief in God as the underpinning. His new book explores why people manage to do good without belief in a deity.Midmorning, January 18, 2010
• Census: Rise in working mom breadwinners, stay-at-home dads
  The number of working moms who are the sole breadwinners in their families rose last year to an all-time high, and the number of stay-at-home dads edged higher, in a shift of traditional gender roles caused partly by massive job losses.January 15, 2010
• David Carr remembers former Pioneer Press Editor Deborah Howell
  Deobrah Howell never did hire David Carr to work for her, but the former Pioneer Press editor -- who died earlier this month -- made quite an impression on him. Carr is now a media columnist for the New York times and he'll attend Howell's memorial service today in Washington, DC.January 15, 2010
• 'Crazy Heart' director got a start in Minnesota
  This weekend Minnesota audiences will get to see "Crazy Heart" a new movie about an aging country musician teetering on the edge of self-destruction, and director Scott Cooper says part of the success of "Crazy Heart" may lie in the Twin Cities.January 15, 2010
• Wis. lawmakers consider deer hunt for soldiers
  Wisconsin lawmakers are considering setting up a special gun deer hunt for Wisconsin military members who missed the regular hunt because they were overseas.January 14, 2010
• Man found unconscious by dog dies
  A 94-year-old man found lying unconscious when a dog led its owner to his Pine City driveway has died.January 14, 2010
• Italian architect's work lives on at U of M exhibit
  Architect Andrea Palladio may have lived half a millenium ago, but a new exhibition at the University of Minnesota shows how his design ideas live on.January 13, 2010
• Understanding a mother's suicide
  As a young child in 1963, Nancy Rappaport loses her mother to suicide during a bitter custody battle. Years later she becomes a child psychiatrist and uses the lens of this expertise to understand the mystery of her mother's depression and suicide.Midmorning, January 13, 2010
• Ethical media behavior in 2010?
  Media ethics professor Jane Kirtley joins Midday to sort through the ethical dilemmas ahead in 2010. Should TV cameras be allowed in the courtroom? Is it proper to pay news sources for the news they provide? Should journalists be forced to divulge their sources?Midday, January 13, 2010
• Reward grows in case of cat glued to road
  The reward fund in the case of a cat found glued to Interstate 90 in southwestern Minnesota has grown to almost $10,000.January 13, 2010
• Minnesota 2011 Turkey Stamp winner unveiled
  Dakota artist will have his design featured on the state's 2011 Wild Turkey Stamp.January 13, 2010
• Dog leads owner to unconscious man
  Dog helps save life of elderly man after leading owner to him.January 13, 2010

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