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• Photographer turns animals into art
  Photographer Frans Lanting wasn't content with capturing stunning images from nature. He decided to imagine a time before both photography and humans. His latest project strives to show the history of planet Earth through photography and music.Midmorning, March 19, 2009
• Census finds big pop. growth in Fargo-Moorhead
  This year the top three fastest growing counties were in Scott, Wright and Carver counties, but in fourth place was Clay County, which includes Moorhead.March 19, 2009
• Sarah Jane Olson arrives back in Minn.
  Former 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson is back in Minnesota, after serving half of a 14 year sentence in California for her role in a 1975 deadly bank robbery.March 18, 2009
• 'Mama D' dies at 94
  Giovanna D'Agostino, better known as Mama D, gained fame for her Italian restaurant in the Dinkytown area of Minneapolis. Every year on St. Joseph's Day, she would throw open the doors of her restaurant and give thousands of needy people a free meal.Midday, March 18, 2009
• Olson may return to Minnesota within a week
  One-time fugitive and 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson has been released from a California prison, and is likely to return soon to her home in St. Paul.March 17, 2009
• Are newspapers becoming obsolete?
  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer becomes the latest paper to stop putting out print editions. Instead the company will shift to an online news source with a smaller staff. Is the paper on your morning doorstep becoming a thing of the past, in favor of electronic sources?Midmorning, March 16, 2009
• Pawlenty joins effort to keep Olson out of Minnesota
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty has joined the chorus of voices protesting plans by the state of California to send Sara Jane Olson to Minnesota to serve her parole after she's released from prison tomorrow.March 16, 2009
• Legislators ponder the difference between supplement and substitute
  Tonight, a crowd is expected at a legislative hearing on how to spend millions of dollars in new state money for the arts. The funds are from a new sales tax passed by voters in November. It's a debate complicated by the economic downturn and by the language in the constitutional amendment approved by voters.March 16, 2009
• Sara Jane Olson's friends loyal, mostly silent
  Sara Jane Olson's friends and supporters in Minnesota have stayed loyal over the years, but they've grown increasingly silent as her release from prison approaches.March 14, 2009
• Astra Taylor takes philosophy to the streets
  A new movie called "Examined Life", screening at the Walker Art Center tonight, aims to bring philosophy, both ancient and modern, to bear on life today.March 13, 2009
• Prosecutors won't press charges in Gagne case
  Former professional wrestling champion Verne Gagne won't be charged in the death a fellow dementia patient who Gagne attacked.March 12, 2009
• Wisconsin man salvages printing presses and builds a second career
  What do you do when all of a sudden you're out of a job? About 20 years ago, Mike Coughlin was fired from his position as a magazine editor in St. Paul. So, Coughlin turned to what he knew and what he loved. But that involved trying to pay the rent with a bunch of machinery that he'd rescued from the scrap heap of printing history.March 11, 2009
• Gagne implicated in other retirement home assaults
  A search warrant says former pro wrestler Verne Gagne assaulted fellow retirement home residents at least twice in the months before a clash that led to the death of one resident.March 10, 2009
• Impact of recession on the young
  Experts wonder whether this recession will revive Depression-era pessimism among young people today. We'll discuss how this troubled economy may shape the choices of the uber-confident Millennial generation.Midmorning, March 10, 2009
• Somali teens share thoughts on disappearances
  The investigation continues into why a dozen or so young Somali men disappeared from the Twin Cities and are believed to be fighting in Somalia. MPR's Michael Caputo talked to several Somali teens about their take on these disappearances.March 9, 2009

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