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Public News Service info@publicnewsservice.org no Minnesotans Mark Sixth Months Since Sandy Hook Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32915-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32915-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Criminal Justice Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Gun Violence Prevention Health Issues MN's New Mission: A Lifeline to Rural Heart Attack Victims Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32891-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32891-1 (Read More)]]> Disabilities Health Issues Philanthropy Rural/Farming Senior Issues Elder Abuse in Minnesota: It's All in the Family Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32855-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32855-1 (Read More)]]> Criminal Justice Family/Father Issues Health Issues Mental Health Senior Issues Minnesotans Urged to Take Life Saving Measures into Own Hands Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32727-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32727-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Disabilities Health Issues Senior Issues Traveling Treehouse: Bringing the Learning to MN Kids Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32719-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32719-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Early Childhood Education Education Environment Health Issues Philanthropy Poverty Issues Toxics The Promises of Prosperity from Frac-Sand Mining Fall Short Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32639-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32639-1 (Read More)]]> Climate Change/Air Quality Endangered Species & Wildlife Energy Policy Environment Health Issues Rural/Farming Toxics Bed Sharing Safely: Not All Co-Sleeping is Created Equal Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32503-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32503-1 Dr. ...(Read More)]]> Children's Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Women's Issues Striking Out at Stroke, Minnesota's Third Leading Killer Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32413-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32413-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Disabilities Health Issues Senior Issues Smoking Prevention America's Largest Food Drive Looks to Stamp Out Hunger Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32394-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32394-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Consumer Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Poverty Issues Senior Issues Lawsuit Seeks to Eliminate Arsenic in Animal Feed Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32328-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32328-1 (Read More)]]> Animal Welfare Consumer Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Rural/Farming Sustainable Agriculture Toxics Minnesota Children Encouraged to Turn Off the Screens Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32193-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32193-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Early Childhood Education Education Environment Health Issues Mental Health Youth Issues C-Sections Increasing Despite Possible Long-Term Effects Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32095-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32095-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Women's Issues Decline in SIDS Deaths Plateaus, Safe Sleep Habits Urged Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32038-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32038-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Smoking Prevention Women's Issues Some Negative Childhood Events Linked to Problems As Adults Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31971-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31971-1 reports that such events are more common than one might expect. ...(Read More)]]> Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Children's Issues Criminal Justice Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Education Family/Father Issues Health Issues Mental Health Youth Issues Prevalence of STDs in Minnesota Continues to Rise Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31906-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31906-1 (Read More)]]> Youth Issues HIV/AIDS Prevention Health Issues Major U.S. Grocer to Require Labeling of GMO Foods Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31807-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31807-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Environment Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Rural/Farming Sustainable Agriculture Minnesotans Asked to Help Find Answers to Cancer Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31706-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31706-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Health Issues Smoking Prevention Social Justice MN's Captive Teen Audiences Learn Real-Life Consequences Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31674-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31674-1 (Read More)]]> Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Criminal Justice Education Family/Father Issues Health Issues HIV/AIDS Prevention Teen Pregnancy Prevention Youth Issues MN “Distracted” Driving Awareness Month – More than Just Texting Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31659-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31659-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Senior Issues Youth Issues State Program Aimed at Cutting the Fat, Could Be Cut to the Bone Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31618-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31618-1 Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP). ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Community Issues and Volunteering Consumer Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Poverty Issues Rural/Farming Smoking Prevention Youth Issues 80,000 Minnesotans Have Diabetes and Don't Know It Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31567-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31567-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Disabilities Health Issues Senior Issues Colorectal Cancer: 2500 New Cases in MN This Year Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31304-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31304-1 (Read More)]]> Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Family/Father Issues Health Issues Senior Issues Smoking Prevention MN Health Care Exchange Under "Obamacare" Moves Ahead Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31257-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31257-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Consumer Issues Health Issues Human Rights/Racial Justice Senior Issues Sequester Looms: Minnesota Poised to Lose $117-Million Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31110-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31110-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Criminal Justice Environment Family/Father Issues Health Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Youth Issues Getting More Minnesota Wind Power on the Grid Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31011-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31011-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Climate Change/Air Quality Energy Policy Environment Health Issues Nuclear Waste Toxics Financials for Medicare Improve, Cost Containment Working Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30975-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30975-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Disabilities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues MN Social Security Recipients Could Lose $2 Billion Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30939-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30939-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Review of Winona County Frac Sand Mines Urged Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30873-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30873-1 (Read More)]]> Climate Change/Air Quality Energy Policy Environment Health Issues Public Lands/Wilderness Rural/Farming Water Lack of Workforce Housing Hampers MN's Economic Recovery Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30791-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30791-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Environment Health Issues Housing/Homelessness Livable Wages/Working Families Poverty Issues Toxics Urban Planning/Transportation Beating the Odds: Heart Defects for 1 in 100 MN Babies Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30701-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30701-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Disabilities Health Issues Women's Issues The Mission Against Minnesota's Most Common Infectious Disease Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30630-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30630-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues HIV/AIDS Prevention Teen Pregnancy Prevention Women's Issues Youth Issues President Visits Minnesota to Talk Gun Safety Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30631-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30631-1 his ideas to reduce violence involving guns. The President is scheduled to meet this afternoon with local leaders and law enforcement officials in Minneapolis, the scene of the deadliest workplace shooting in state history. Six were murdered last fall, including the father of Sami Rahamim, who said the issue goes well beyond the mass shootings that make the news. ...(Read More)]]> Mental Health Health Issues Gun Violence Prevention Criminal Justice Children's Issues MN Wears Red Friday for Women's Heart Disease Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30592-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30592-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Women's Issues 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Marked in Minnesota Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30431-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30431-2 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Health Issues Poverty Issues Teen Pregnancy Prevention Women's Issues Youth Issues Helping Girls Before They End Up in MN Sex Trade Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30396-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30396-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Cultural Resources Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Health Issues HIV/AIDS Prevention Housing/Homelessness Native American Issues Poverty Issues Teen Pregnancy Prevention Women's Issues Youth Issues MN Group Calls President's Gun Safety Proposals "Common Sense" Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30361-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30361-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Civil Rights Consumer Issues Gun Violence Prevention Health Issues Mental Health Cancer Deaths Rates Falling in U.S., but Melanoma a Major Concern Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30325-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30325-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Environment Health Issues Smoking Prevention Youth Issues Fevers Rise with 'Very Severe" Flu Season in Minnesota Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30277-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30277-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Senior Issues Rates of Child Abuse and Neglect Continue to Fall in Minnesota Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30221-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30221-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Family/Father Issues Health Issues How the Kids Feeling? MN Flu Activity on the Rise! Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30089-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30089-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Consumer Issues Health Issues Trapped! MN Doctor on the Dangers of Bed Rails Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30083-2 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30083-2 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Disabilities Health Issues Senior Issues Out with the Old: Recycling TVs, Laptops, Cell Phones... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30083-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30083-1 (Read More)]]> Climate Change/Air Quality Consumer Issues Endangered Species & Wildlife Environment Health Issues Toxics Waste Reduction/Recycling 75 Year High for Whooping Cough in MN Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30069-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30069-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Dangers Lurk in the Toy Aisle: Uranium & Asbestos Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29917-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29917-1 (Read More)]]> Toxics Health Issues Consumer Issues Children's Issues A Free Place to Stay for Cancer Patients Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29935-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29935-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Housing/Homelessness Philanthropy Getting to School for Some MN Children Can be a Dangerous Proposition Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29833-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29833-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Education Health Issues Urban Planning/Transportation Youth Issues Nearly 40,000 Minnesotans Could Lose Food Stamps Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29841-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29841-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Health Issues Human Rights/Racial Justice Hunger/Food/Nutrition Poverty Issues Senior Issues Welfare Reform Minnesota Seniors Try To Keep Footing at Edge of "Fiscal Cliff" Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29681-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29681-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Disabilities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues MN Advocates Say Battle Against AIDS is Far From Over Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29544-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29544-1 (Read More)]]> HIV/AIDS Prevention Health Issues Budget Policy & Priorities MN Libraries Expand Offerings; More than a Place to Get Books Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29417-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29417-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Education Health Issues