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• Tutu brings message of peace to Twin Cities youth
  Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archibishop Desmond Tutu is in the Twin Cities for a series of events centered around promoting peace among young people. He spoke to a capacity crowd in Minneapolis this morning, saying young people bring about important changes that improve society.April 11, 2008
• Kids without marriage
  As the rate of babies born out of wedlock rises, some scholars argue that there is a negative social impact on children. Midmorning asks if the increasing numbers indicate a crisis after all.Midmorning, April 11, 2008
• Woman power
  The first woman and one of the youngest to serve as press secretary writes about the power women are achieving in politics and business.Midmorning, April 11, 2008
• Roger Mudd on the 'Glory Days of Television News'
  Former CBS news anchor and reporter Roger Mudd is out with a new book about his experience at the CBS Washington bureau in the 1960s and 70s. He discussed his book, "The Place to Be: Washington, CBS and the Glory Days of Television News," recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.Midday, April 11, 2008
• Tibetans hold vigil in St. Paul
  About 2,000 Tibetans live in the Twin Cities, the largest population in the United States outside New York City.April 10, 2008
• Tapes 'n Tapes roll again
  Two years after it buzzed to the top of the indie rock world, the Minneapolis band Tapes 'n Tapes is back with a new CD called "Walk it Off."April 10, 2008
• Happy birthday, peace sign
  They said it would never catch on. Today, it's one of the most recognizable symbols in the world.April 10, 2008
• Self portraits in the Facebook age
  With digital cameras now almost as common as cell phones, in part because they are built into cellphones, people are taking lots of pictures. And they're taking pictures of themselves.April 9, 2008
• Mental illness, seen through the eyes of a child
  Laura Flynn writes of her at times luminous, at times agonizing experiences growing up with a mother going gradually insane. Flynn's mother suffered from schizophrenia at a time when the disease was not as well known.Midmorning, April 9, 2008
• Americans keep buying more stuff than ever
  MPR's Nanci Olesen speaks with sociologist Juliet Schor about why Americans keep buying goods regardless of how much they own.April 9, 2008
• Peace Corps -- not just for the young anymore
  The Upper Midwest leads the country in volunteering both abroad and at home. The chiefs of both the Peace Corps and the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps talk about how they want to bolster the volunteer forces with retirees.Midmorning, April 8, 2008
• A translators journey through Darfur
  In the summer of 2003 Daoud Hari fled as government helicopters and armed horsemen attacked his village in Darfur. Several family members died in the assault. He wanted the world to know what was happening.April 8, 2008
• Trek Bicycles sues to end relationship with Greg LeMond
  Best-selling bicycle maker Trek Bicycle Corp. is severing its ties with three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond of Minnesota, saying his outspokenness about doping has weakened the company's LeMond brand bicycles.April 8, 2008
• Pelican Rapids teen remembered
  Students and local residents poured into the gym at Pelican Rapids High School to remember Jessica Weishair and pray for those injured in a weekend school bus accident.April 8, 2008
• Tibet at crossroads
  Violence continues in Tibet. The London-based Free Tibet Campaign says several were killed, though the Chinese news service did not mention deaths. A Tibetan scholar says the Chinese government continues to underplay an uprising that has spread throughout Tibet and to surrounding provinces.Midmorning, April 4, 2008

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