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• The case for settling
  In a provocative new article, journalist Lori Gottlieb argues that it's time for single women in their early 40s to stop waiting for Mr. Perfect, and accept Mr. Good Enough, if they want to get married and have families.Midmorning, March 13, 2008
• Words to heal
  An award-winning poet and physician describes how words help him understand and express human suffering.Midmorning, March 13, 2008
• Spinning stories of Minnesota
  University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley, professional football hall of famer Carl Eller, former Gov. Al Quie and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and more gathered to wax Minnesota during a story telling event put on by the 2008 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.Midday, March 12, 2008
• The value of SXSW
  For Minnesota musicians who make it to South by Southwest, the event offers them the largest critical mass of music industry officials during the year. But does the hype equal the payoff for local bands?March 12, 2008
• Richard Price says he writes about trouble
  Richard Price is acknowledged as one of the great masters of capturing the nuances of street life. His new novel "Lush Life" explores the ripple effect of a single gunshot across New York's Lower East Side.March 11, 2008
• Veterans cemetery proposed for Jay Cooke State Park
  Governor Pawlenty said the proposed cemetery would be located on 60 acres on the park, which is 20 miles south of Duluth.March 11, 2008
• New hotel welcomes four-legged guests
  A new hotel of sorts will open adjacent to the Twin Cites airport this October. Suites will go for only about $25 a night, but you have to be four-legged, fur-bearing or feathered to stay there.March 11, 2008
• Women rule
  A speech by former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Meyers. She recently discussed her new book, "Why Women Should Rule the World" at the Commonwealth Club of California.Midday, March 7, 2008
• Deep-fried devotion
  If Lent had a mascot, it would likely be a fish, or maybe a fish fillet.March 7, 2008
• Director hopes Minnesota-made movie leads to healing
  A movie shot around the Fond du Lac reservation in northern Minnesota will gets its first public screening at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The film, "Older than America," is an uncompromising drama about Indian boarding schools.March 7, 2008
• Think congestion is costly? Consider vehicle crashes
  A new national study done for AAA finds the Twin Cities ranks eighth out of 26 comparable cities in the cost of vehicle crashes.March 7, 2008
• Energy efficient house saves money with a small carbon footprint
  A new house in Duluth uses 25 percent of the amount of energy as an ordinary three-bedroom home.March 7, 2008
• Man on a mission
  Greg Mortenson recounts his long journey from a failed attempt to climb K2 to building schools for the remote, poverty-stricken villages of Afghanistan and Pakistan.Midmorning, March 7, 2008
• It's about time
  Daylight saving time goes into effect early Sunday morning. The goal of daylight saving time is to provide more light in the evening. Its secondary objective must be to create chaos.March 6, 2008
• A radical way to help the poor
  Nobel Peace Prize winner and author Muhammed Yunus spoke at the Commonwealth Club about his successful microcredit banking program and his new book, "Creating a World Without Poverty."Midday, March 6, 2008

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