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• Woman tells of bear attack
  A Carlton County woman Monday described her harrowing encounter with a black bear near her home Friday. Mary Munn, 50, is recovering from bites and deep scratches in a Duluth hospital. The DNR is still looking for the bear.August 1, 2005
• The slow pace of a lightning fast shoot
  St Paul's current brush with Hollywood ends today as filming wraps up on the "Prairie Home Companion" movie. For the last month famed director Robert Altman and a star-studded cast have been shooting a fictionalized version of Garrison Keillor's weekly show.July 28, 2005
• Chuck Close has big heads
  Chuck Close has a big head. In fact he has many big heads, in the form of portraits he's created over the last 40 years. And many of them are of a guy close to his own heart -- himself. This weekend the Walker Art Center opens a show of Close's self-portraits.July 21, 2005
• Disaster at sea
  A dream at sea goes terribly awry for an experienced sailor. David Vann writes of the connection between his string of bad luck and the death of his father.July 21, 2005
• Capturing the rock moment
  There is nothing quite like the excitement of a great rock show. Even the best recording can't truly recapture the experience. But a new exhibit at the Minnesota Center for Photography in Minneapolis attempts to do just that. It's called "Musicapolis" and it presents 40 years of Twin Cities music history.July 20, 2005
• In their own words
  A new museum will feature the stories of veterans in their own words. The project, planned for Perham, will collect oral histories from people all around Minnesota.July 17, 2005
• Everyday philosophy
  Midmorning launches a series about ethics. The program explores how philosophy can help make sense of everyday life.July 15, 2005
• The allure of auctions
  Though many works of art and popular memorabilia are sold to the highest bidder, not all items that go to auction end up in the vaults of private collectors. Some collectors play an important role in preserving historical artifacts.July 13, 2005
• Test-tube super babies?
  Author David Plotz explores the history of the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank exclusively for Nobel Prize winners. The writer tracks down the clinic's offspring and their donor "parents."July 11, 2005
• Behind the scenes of "Burrito Rider"
  There is a place in the Twin Cities where grown adults spend their days thinking up adventures for dog-riding monkeys, and discussing how to make Mexican food float in the sky. It's called the advertising industry.July 8, 2005
• Bad bosses
  The corporate and public world is filled with examples of bad bosses. How do they get into positions of leadership? And what do they ultimately cost their organizations?July 5, 2005
• A nation is born
  Historian David McCullough speaks about his new book 1776, which is at the top of the best-seller list.July 4, 2005
• Celebrating the state
  Hy Berman joins host Gary Eichten to talk about the history of Minnesota. The historian discusses everything from what was happening here in 1776 to the 100th anniversary of the State Capitol.July 4, 2005
• Collecting the stories of everyday people
  The creator of StoryCorps seeks the stories of ordinary people across the country to be archived in the Library of Congress as a record of our times.June 30, 2005
• Big cats, dangerous pets
  Animal sanctuary operators and law enforcement report a rise in the number of people owning animals that we usually find in zoos. A sanctuary operator talks about what's behind the interest in lions and tigers as pets and what happens to them when they are no longer wanted by owners.June 30, 2005

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