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• A Bangladeshi story that resonates around the world
  A new film adaptation of Monica Ali's best-selling novel, "Brick Lane," opens in the Twin Cities this weekend. It's the story of two Bangladeshi sisters separated by an arranged marriage.July 9, 2008
• CT controversy
  Two doctors talk about the pros and cons of a sophisticated technology that scans the heart. Computerized tomography or CT scans render spectacular views of the heart and vessels, but some are concerned that the expensive tests don't really improve patient health.Midmorning, July 8, 2008
• Herzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'
  Prolific film maker Werner Herzog's new movie opens in the Twin Cities later this week. "Encounters at the End of the world" examines life at the South Pole.July 7, 2008
• Battling diabetes another hurdle for Somali immigrants
  A public health campaign fights to raise awareness about diabetes among Somali immigrants.July 6, 2008
• Film considers the Gonzo legacy
  A new movie, "Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr Hunter S. Thompson," opens across the country today. It examines the rise and fall of one of the great counter-cultural writers of the 60s and 70s.July 4, 2008
• U of M veterinarians help animals caught in floods
  A second team of veterinarians from the University of Minnesota is in Iowa helping care for animals displaced by the floods. They are working in a make-shift shelter in Cedar Rapids, where more than 600 pets and stray animals are being housed.July 3, 2008
• Overcoming stroke
  A brain researcher suffers a major stroke on the left side of her brain, and explains how she understood her disease as it happened and then retrained her own brain to use the right side.Midmorning, July 2, 2008
• Minnesota mounts ambitious five-year bird count
  Minnesota is embarking on an ambitious project to count the birds that nest and raise their young here, to accurately chart their numbers.July 2, 2008
• The 50-50 split
  Some couples are trying to work out a perfectly balanced household, with moms and dads taking equal shares of the parenting and cleaning duties. What seems like an obvious fairness issue to some is bound up in perceptions of gender for others.Midmorning, July 2, 2008
• End of the stack
  Xcel Energy dynamited the smokestack that has long dominated the skyline of St. Paul. MPR's News Cut is collecting images and video of the Saturday morning blast.June 28, 2008
• Family prepares to bury Minn. Korean War soldier
  A Minnesota family is preparing to bury a soldier who went missing nearly 58 years ago during the Korean War.June 28, 2008
• Despite obstacles, local writer aims to make his movie
  Making a feature film is never easy. But imagine if you were deaf, legally blind, and unable to talk.June 27, 2008
• Autistic man improving after rescue in Wisconsin
  The condition of the autistic man who was rescued after seven days in the Wisconsin woods has improved from critical to serious. Keith Kennedy remains in the intensive care unit at a Minneapolis hospital.June 27, 2008
• Wounded Iraqi war veteran gets a new home
  An army of volunteers raised the first wall of a house today that will soon belong to a Minnesota National Guard member who was severely wounded in a bomb attack last year.June 26, 2008
• N.M. Kelby says her new novel is partly autobiographical
  N.M. Kelby writes mysteries set in small Florida towns. She spent 20 years living in Minnesota before that, though, and says some of the stranger parts of the stories have Minnesota roots.June 24, 2008

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