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• Somali refugee students struggle through school
  Teenage Somali refugees in Rochester often have a hard road ahead of them if they hope to graduate from high school.May 21, 2007
• The art of death
  Looking good when you're dead isn't easy. Luckily there are people out there who can help.May 21, 2007
• Sleep with the fishes - and other options for your loved ones
  Memorial reefs. Fireworks shows. Diamond rings. These days, there are some pretty interesting places to rest in peace.May 21, 2007
• High scrap prices are a mixed blessing
  Rising almost as fast as the price of scrap metal is the theft of those materials. A southern Minnesota salvage operator has found that out firsthand.May 20, 2007
• Refugee loses his bid to stay in Minnesota
  A man who feared for his life in his native Afghanistan fled that country and made his home in Minnesota for 17 years. But just over a month ago, the Department of Homeland Security deported him because of an old drug conviction. He claims he's innocent, and is trying to return to the U.S.May 20, 2007
• Sue Ahrendt's blog of fire
  Campers and paddlers from around the country have been keeping up with the Ham Lake fire by checking on outfitters' blogs.May 18, 2007
• Returning to Gunflint Lake
  Even as the Ham Lake fire burns into Canada, life can start getting back to normal for many of the people who live in the Gunflint Lake area. Fire officials let them return to their homes Wednesday, nearly a week after they were forced out by the Ham Lake fire.May 17, 2007
• Fire gives birth to Cook County's second-largest city
  The second-largest city in Cook County wasn't there two weeks ago -- it's the fire camp up on the Gunflint Trail, and it's been home for about 1,000 people working the Ham Lake fire.May 16, 2007
• Heather McElhatton revels in her "Pretty Little Mistakes"
  It's a rare novel that opens with instructions on how it should be read. But that's exactly how Heather McElhatton's "Pretty Little Mistakes" begins. At the end of each chapter she presents a choice and a reader gets to decide the direction of the story. McElhatton admits the book arose out of a personal crisis.May 15, 2007
• Cabins of Minnesota
  Cabin life is celebrated in a new book from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. "Cabins of Minnesota" is the latest in a series of books featuring photographs by Doug Ohman. MPR's Cathy Wurzer explores the cabins in this Flash presentation.May 15, 2007
• Irvine Welsh writes about hatred
  Scottish writer Irvine Welsh catapulted onto the international literary scene with "Trainspotting," his disturbing story about heroin addicts in Edinburgh. His latest novel is called "The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs" -- although there's little about food or bedroom secrets in the story. It's really a story about hate.May 14, 2007
• TPT banks on Alexander Hamilton documentary
  A documentary about Alexander Hamilton premieres May 14 on PBS stations around the country. Twin Cities Public Television produced the two-hour film in the style of its award-winning "Benjamin Franklin" documentary from 2002.May 14, 2007
• The corpse flower blooms (and stinks)
  It's 5 feet 3 inches tall, well over 100 pounds and smells like rotting meat. It's the corpse flower, a rare, southeast Asian plant. Thirteen years ago, a professor at Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter planted its seeds and the plant finally bloomed this weekend.May 14, 2007
• Minnesota's Tibetan monks chant for their homeland
  Minnesota has a strong choral tradition, but starting this weekend, it will get a taste of a very different type of chorus. The Dalai Lama's tantric choir will visit from the Gyuto monastery in Dharmasala, India for a series of concerts. There's a reason they're coming here. Five of the choir members live in Minneapolis.May 11, 2007
• Bear center aims to bust myths
  Ely has a new attraction. The North American Bear Center has opened on the small wilderness town's western end. The center is the culmination of years of work by famed bear researcher Lynn Rogers. Rogers says a mission of the center is to dispel some bear myths.May 10, 2007

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