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• Edina girl injured in pool accident could go home this week
  The parents of the 6-year-old Edina girl injured in a pool accident say their daughter could be released for Minneapolis Children's Hospital by the end of this week. Abigail Taylor was injured June 29 when she sat over an open drain in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club.July 23, 2007
• Jackson Project residents celebrate 70 years
  People in Hermantown are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Jackson Project, a back-to-the-land village built during the Great Depression.July 19, 2007
• Considering China
  China's booming economy has the world wondering whether the country will rise as the next superpower or if it will collapse under corruption. Journalist James Fallows spent a year in Shanghai, China, and he talked about what he learned from his experience at the Aspen Ideas Festival.Midday, July 18, 2007
• St. Paul considers new approach to feral cat population
  The feral cat population is exploding in the Twin Cities metro area -- it's estimated at one million animals. Now the city of St. Paul is looking at a new approach to try to reduce those numbers.July 18, 2007
• Man rescued after 12-hour ordeal on St. Croix River
  A 500-pound man injured while rafting down a shallow stretch of the St. Croix River was saved Tuesday after dozens of rescue workers spent hours carrying him to a navigable part of the waterway.July 17, 2007
• DNR hopes to cool off hot fishing at Lake Mille Lacs
  Lake Mille Lacs in central Minnesota has been a popular fishing spot for walleye this year, a little too popular in fact.July 16, 2007
• Afloat on a boat made of milk cartons
  This Sunday afternoon, on Lake Calhoun, you might notice a whole lot of strange boats as part of the Minneapolis Aquatennial's milk carton boat races. People all over the metro area will show up with boats they've built themselves using milk cartons. We meet one of them.July 13, 2007
• Aspen offers a Tour de Lance
  Seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about his successful career as a cyclist, how to discourage doping, his battle with cancer, and the secret ingredients to a good sports drink (hint: Armstrong says they're all the same!)Midday, July 13, 2007
• Duluth shelter enters the music business
  A Duluth's battered women's shelter is holding a music festival fundraiser. Shelter workers say cuts in government funding are forcing them to be creative in coming up with their own sources of money.July 13, 2007
• Forced adoptions left legacy of shame and guilt
  Thousands of young women in the 1940s, '50s and '60s were forced to give up their babies for adoption -- and felt guilt and shame for doing so. Author and adoptee Ann Fessler has talked with many women who never forgot the experience, even as they hid the past from their current families.Midmorning, July 13, 2007
• A farewell to Lady Bird
  Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady and wife of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, died of natural causes Wednesday at age 94. A documentary from KUT Radio recounts her life and her role as first lady during her time at the White House.Midday, July 12, 2007
• Marriage today
  According to a recent study, couples believe that sharing housework is more important for a successful marriage than having children. Midmorning takes stock of the new priorities for married and cohabitating couples today.Midmorning, July 11, 2007
• Rove defends the president's policies
  With President Bush's approval ratings hovering at record lows, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove offered a spirited defense of the president's policies on everything from Iraq to immigration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Sunday.Midday, July 10, 2007
• A conversation with Bill Clinton
  Managing editor of Time magazine, Rick Stengel, interviewed former President Bill Clinton over the weekend at the third annual Aspen Ideas Festival.Midday, July 9, 2007
• Cambodian Buddhist temple opens in Hampton
  One of the largest Cambodian Buddhist temples in America opened its doors this weekend in Hampton, in Dakota County. Monks and visitors from around the world flew in to attend the four-day consecration ceremony.July 8, 2007

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