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• Minnesota's Bruce Laingen reflects on Iran hostage crisis
  On Nov. 4, 1979, U.S. Embassy charge d'affaires L. Bruce Laingen and 51 others were taken hostage in Tehran during the Iranian revolution, and held captive for 444 days. Now 87 and living in Virginia, Bruce Laingen joins Midday to discuss the situation then and now.Midday, November 3, 2009
• Man pleads to perjury in case of missing Somalis
  A 25-year-old St. Anthony man has pleaded guilty to perjury in an federal investigation into why a string young men have traveled to Somalia from the Minneapolis area.November 2, 2009
• Rep. John Kline discusses the war in Afghanistan
  President Barack Obama is considering how to proceed in Afghanistan. Republican Rep. John Kline, who represents Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, joins Midday to discuss the war in that country.Midday, October 30, 2009
• State to lower flags on day of volunteer deputy's funeral
  A funeral service with a police procession will be held Friday for a Ramsey County reserve deputy who was killed while directing traffic near a Haunted House attraction.October 30, 2009
• Minn. delegation want more details before deciding on Afghanistan
  A few members of Minnesota's Congressional delegation have strong opinions about what President Obama should do in Afghanistan, but most of the state's representatives in Washington haven't made a firm decision on what the next step should be.October 30, 2009
• Body of Minn. native found in plane wreckage in Afghanistan
  NATO-led forces have recovered the remains of three American military contractors -- one a Minnesota native -- from the wreckage of a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that crashed two weeks ago in rugged mountains in Afghanistan, the military said.October 27, 2009
• Eight U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
  Eight American troops were killed in multiple bomb attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since it began in 2001.October 27, 2009
• Lack of services making refugee life more difficult
  New research at the University of Minnesota shows many of the refugees coming to the Twin Cities aren't getting the mental health services they need, and university researchers are searching for a way to solve that problem just as a new group of refugees arrives.October 27, 2009
• 14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
  Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years.October 26, 2009
• Hennepin County holding event to educate veterans about benefits
  Hennepin County officials will hold an educational event for veterans this Saturday, aimed at providing information about health care, education and other benefits.October 23, 2009
• Mass. man planned terror attacks on US malls, feds say
  A 27-year-old Massachusetts man conspired to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, federal prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced his arrest.October 21, 2009
• More details emerge in Minn. men's road trip case
  The Nevada Highway Patrol today released the name of a third passenger involved in a cross-country road trip that has gotten the attention of federal agents investigating whether Minnesota men traveled to Somalia to fight in that country's ongoing conflict.October 20, 2009
• Obama weighs options in Afghanistan
  Afghan President Hamid Karzai will face his main rival in a runoff election on Nov. 7. The runoff is intended to resolve a disputed first round that plunged Afghanistan into political uncertainty. The election has complicated President Barack Obama's decision on whether to send thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.Midday, October 20, 2009
• Afghan election commission orders runoff
  Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a runoff election for Nov. 7 after a fraud investigation dropped President Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 percent of the total.October 20, 2009
• Funeral for Minn. soldier killed in Afghanistan
  Spc. George W. Cauley of Walker died Oct. 10, three days after being wounded when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a homemade bomb in Helmand province.October 20, 2009

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