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• Production makes Gertrude Stein sing
  A new opera being performed this weekend in Minneapolis has a lofty goal: to portray all Americans - past, present, and future. "The Making of Americans" is an adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novel of the same name. It gets its world premiere tonight at the Walker Art Center.December 12, 2008
• Wisconsin DNR reports 6 endangered wolves killed
  Wisconsin's Deparment of Natural Resources reports that six endangered gray wolves were killed during last month's deer hunting season.December 10, 2008
• A new look at Old Hickory
  Though his name doesn't always come up in discussions of great American presidents, Andrew Jackson changed the face of the presidency. A new biography delivers a portrait of this complex, contradictory, and larger than life figure.Midmorning, December 9, 2008
• Photography captures spirit of the spirit world
  A Minneapolis photographer searches for answers about the afterlife with a camera.December 8, 2008
• Families of Somalis missing from Minn. speak out
  Three Somali families tell similar stories: A son or nephew goes missing. A passport is gone. Days later the phone rings, and the teen says he's in Somalia.December 7, 2008
• Bruce Campbell prefers monsters to Shakespeare
  Film fans will tell you there are comedy films, action flicks, romances, and then there are the Bruce Campbell movies. His films mix monsters, extreme gore and corny humor. Campbell is in Minneapolis to introduce his new film this weekend.December 5, 2008
• O.J. Simpson sentenced to as much as 33 years
  A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as much as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity."December 5, 2008
• Evidence of a green Sahara
  On a recent dinosaur dig in Africa, paleontologists found evidence of lush vegetation and a thriving community of ancient people in what is now the Sahara Desert.Midmorning, December 5, 2008
• How we lead matters
  Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chairman and former CEO of the Carlson Companies, shares her experience of making everyday choices that determine each leader's legacy. She spoke recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.Midday, December 4, 2008
• Meet the Minneapolis Movie Bears
  More than 80 bears turned up at a Twin Cities movie theater the other night. These bears were not true ursines, but members of a human social group, the Minneapolis Movie Bears.December 4, 2008
• Minn. testing finds lead in donated venison
  The Minnesota Department of Health will begin testing all donated venison before it's distributed by food shelves due to fears of lead contamination.December 3, 2008
• A Washington insider looks ahead
  Civil rights leader and Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan talks about his life as a power broker and what the election of Barack Obama means to him and the country.Midmorning, December 2, 2008
• Bacon, it's not just for breakfast anymore
  You can now find the popular pork product in chocolate truffles, martinis, even ice cream.November 28, 2008
• Macy's staple dies at 93
  Lydia Lunney was a fixture at Macy's River Room in downtown St. Paul for 74 years. She died yesterday at the age of 93.November 28, 2008
• Coyle center's work not slowed by neighborhood crime
  The Brian Coyle center's mission of helping immigrants assimilate is as old as the Cedar Riverside neighborhood itself.November 27, 2008

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