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• Playwright August Wilson has liver cancer
  Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson has been diagnosed with liver cancer and told a newspaper in his native Pittsburgh that he is dying. Wilson, 60, who lives in Seattle, was diagnosed with the ailment in June.August 26, 2005
• Life as the Central Park Jogger
  The woman at the center of a sensationalized story talks about how she dealt with the after-effects of a brutal attack.August 26, 2005
• The big bubble blowers
  Blowing bubbles. Most of us did it as kids on a small scale, but a Minnesota-based company is taking it to the extreme. The Xtreme Bubble team will almost definitely set a record for blowing the world's largest free-floating soap bubble.August 26, 2005
• A matter of taste
  Taste is the weakest of our five senses, yet it drives our appetite and protects us from poisons. A world-renowned expert talks about taste buds, supertasters and how our sense of taste impacts our overall health.August 25, 2005
• Crash in Mosul kills Minnesota soldier
  The mother of Elden Arcand says he enlisted in the Army so others wouldn't have to serve. His Forest Lake family learned Monday the 22-year old Army Private First Class was killed in Iraq. He is the 26th Minnesotan to die as a result of injuries sustained in the war.August 24, 2005
• Shaping the cities
  Midday examines the events that shaped the Twin Cities over the last 150 years.August 24, 2005
• Tackling travel
  The summer travel season is heading for its last hurrah. Travel expert Rudy Maxa talks about how to cope with Labor Day crowds and what to look forward to this fall.August 22, 2005
• The Music Man marches into a Maple Grove backyard
  Since its premiere on Broadway in 1957, "The Music Man" has been staged by countless schools, community theatres and companies around the world. Now this musical story of a con man selling band instruments in River City, Iowa is being staged in a backyard in the Twin Cities suburb of Maple Grove.August 17, 2005
• Donovan Durham's 'Fantastic Print Show'
  One of the perks of being an artist is sometimes you get to name your own show. Painter and sketch artist Donovan Durham called his: "Donovan Durham's Fantastic Print Show." It turns out his life story is just as fantastic as his art.August 10, 2005
• The perils of Penelope, Lady Rich
  Minnesota native and internationnally accalimed early music singer Emily Van Evera has released a new CD focusing on Lady Penelope Rich, the tragic muse of the Elizabethan court.August 9, 2005
• Ask the president
  Minnesota Public Radio President Bill Kling answers questions from Midday listeners.August 9, 2005
• Robert Bly's sentence of 'A Thousand Years of Joy'
  For the last few years, Minnesota poet Robert Bly has dedicated himself to exploring the ghazal, a poetic style developed in the Muslim world. He's just published a new collection of the poems.August 8, 2005
• Tanks for the memories
  What drives grown men to invest thousands of dollars into worn out and discarded military trucks, tanks, and jeeps? The collectors call it the green disease.'August 5, 2005
• After a tough trip, Minnesota canoeists near their goal
  Three months ago, two Minnesota men took off on the summer trip of a lifetime. Their goal was to complete a 2,200-mile canoe trip to Hudson Bay. The adventurers have nearly reached the end of their trip.August 5, 2005
• Should've, would've, could've
  Feelings of regret can be hard to resolve, but researchers have found that regret may actually improve future decision-making.August 4, 2005

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