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• North High program improves grades, reduces violence among girls
  Administrators at North High School in Minneapolis say a new mentoring program for girls is improving grades and attendance and reducing violence.May 29, 2006
• Andy Garcia's "Lost City"
  Actor and director Andy Garcia says he thinks about his homeland of Cuba every day. He's enjoyed great success in Hollywood. But he says he's always wanted to bring a Cuban Casablanca story to the screen. Now that film, "The Lost City," opens in the Twin Cities this weekend.May 19, 2006
• A dance barn revival
  An open house is planned this weekend in honor of a well-known barn near Glenwood, Minnesota. During the Depression, the big white barn was used for milking cows. On Sunday nights, the barn's huge hay mow became a hot dance spot.May 19, 2006
• Preparing Borg Queen Barby for battle
  This weekend Millipede, Mangler and Borg Queen Barby will battle at Mechwars 9 in Minneapolis. It's a biannual competition between remote control robots fighting to obliteration. Design, engineering and fun all go into making the 'bots, but destruction is the only thing that makes a winner.May 18, 2006
• Let's Dish blends meal-making and socializing
  Two working moms turned their class project into a business that allows families to prepare home cooked meals without clean-up or shopping.May 15, 2006
• Mayo doctors separate conjoined twin girls
  Formerly conjoined twins Abby and Belle Carlsen are recovering at the Mayo Clinic, after they were successfully separated after almost 12 hours of delicate surgery at the Mayo Clinic's Children's Hospital Friday.May 12, 2006
• Paper or plastic?
  The question is simple: paper or plastic? But choosing the right answer can be complicated. Just what is the impact of the choice you make in the checkout line?May 8, 2006
• Ali Selim's long trek to "Sweet Land"
  Ask St. Paul film director Ali Selim what he's learned while making his first feature film and he'll answer, "Stamina." His film "Sweet Land" will be presented as the gala finale to this year's Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival Sunday evening.April 28, 2006
• Prairie chickens booming again
  The Minnesota prairie chicken population is growing, and Minnesota chickens are helping restore populations in other states.April 25, 2006
• How should we treat our enemies?
  A local historian says the way the United States treats its prisoners of war has changed drastically since World War II.April 25, 2006
• Old violins and new technology
  Minneapolis is a new center for the sale and preservation of violins from the 18th and 19th century. In the past these instruments were worked on in places like Italy, London and New York. But new technology has enabled people involved in violin restoration to live anywhere.April 25, 2006
• The landbound journey of Duluth's Viking longship
  Duluth's 80-year-old Viking ship replica survived the north Atlantic Ocean, and decades of exposure to wind, sun and snow. But the people who restored the ship say it won't survive long without a shelter, as promised by city officials.April 18, 2006
• Michele Norris discusses Minnesota roots
  Michele Norris, cohost of NPR's All Things Considered, grew up in Minnesota and returned this week to deliver a lecture to journalism students at the University of Minnesota, where she got her own start in journalism. She talked to MPR's Tom Crann about life at National Public Radio and her career in media.April 17, 2006
• Dalai Lama speaks of compassion
  THe Dalai Lama spoke at the Mayo Clinic today. He said compassion for oneself and others were keys to a healthy body and a healthy society.April 17, 2006
• Creating Howard Spence
  A new movie set in Montana and made by a famed German director has its roots firmly in Minnesota. Director Wim Wenders' new movie, "Don't Come Knocking," was written by its star Sam Shepard, while he lived just outside the Twin Cities.April 7, 2006

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