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• Phosphorus strategy relies on good will
  The phosphorus in Minnesota's farm fields is feeding more than the crops. It's also feeding Minnesota's algae blooms. The MPCA is struggling to control the problem.June 29, 2007
• Congress pushes ballast water regulations
  Ships calling on the Great Lakes may soon have to treat their ballast water, to prevent the spread of non-native plants and animals. New regulations cleared the U.S House Transportation Committee Thursday.June 28, 2007
• Fiddler explores music to die for
  Hardanger fiddle music is not exactly a chart topper in this country. Even so, a Minneapolis musician is devoting her life to helping audiences appreciate the centuries-old Norwegian musical tradition. Karen Torkelson Solgard is also giving the music an unmistakable American accent.June 28, 2007
• Social graces and political life
  How important is it for politicians to embrace social ceremony? Judith Martin, otherwise known as Miss Manners, has the answer. She shared her ideas during a recent conversation at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.Midday, June 28, 2007
• Minnesota native and AP veteran David Mason dies at age 85
  David Mason, who reported for The Associated Press on the Suez crisis, Charles de Gaulle's rise to power and the Vietnam war has died following a long illness, his son said Wednesday.June 27, 2007
• Norma Sommerdorf creates a "Red River Girl"
  Stampeding bison, drunken oxcart drivers and a teen romance are all part of a new book by a St. Paul author. The book "Red River Girl" is fiction, but the story is rich with historical fact from the mid-1840s.June 26, 2007
• An honest look at America's Lincoln obsession
  While following the people who collect, sell, honor -- and impersonate -- the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson discovered how eager we are to see ourselves in the 16th president.June 25, 2007
• Minn. sextuplets spotlight tough decisions for hopeful parents
  Another one of the sextuplets born to a St. Louis Park couple has died, hospital officials said Monday. The little girl is the fourth of the babies to die since they were born on June 10. The situation highlights the difficult decisions faced by parents with a multiple pregnancy.June 25, 2007
• Iowa pushes organic farming to fill demand gap
  Farmers in the Sioux City, Iowa area are being encouraged to switch to organic crop production. If it works, the new producers will join a growing industry.June 25, 2007
• Theologian explores the realm of the child
  Theologian and renowned author Martin Marty joins Kerri Miller to talk about the nature of religion in America and about his new book, "The Mystery of the Child."Midmorning, June 25, 2007
• Michel Gondry explores "The Science of Dreams"
  Michel Gondry is known as one of the more idiosyncratic directors in Hollywood. This weekend Gondry appears at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis as the culmination of a month-long retrospective of his work called "The Science of Dreams."June 22, 2007
• Music of the Viking age
  A Danish band named Krauka blends ancient and contemporary music to bring the Viking sagas to life.June 22, 2007
• Daniel Myrick looks for some "Believers"
  Daniel Myrick caused a media sensation in 1999 when he and some friends created "The Blair Witch Project." Now he has a new movie "Believers," which gets its world premiere tonight in St Paul.June 21, 2007
• Raising chickens in the heart of the city
  This story is about chickens, and the people who keep them. But we're not talking about farmers. We're talking about city-dwellers and the phenomenon of "urban chickens."June 19, 2007
• Web site marks a decade of connecting patients and families
  The non-profit organization, CaringBridge.org, has sponsored 63,000 personalized Web pages during the last 10 years.June 19, 2007

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