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• Schumer: Dems ready to go-it-alone on health care
  A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."November 23, 2009
• Builders prepare for stricter rules on lead paint
  Even though lead paint has been banned since 1978, it's still a problem -- especially in older homes. Starting next spring, Minnesota builders and remodelers will have to comply with new federal guidelines for preventing lead contamination.November 23, 2009
• Who pays for health care reform?
  As the Senate works on its version of health care overhaul, the question remains how the more than $800 billion cost will be covered in the budget. Some economists are concerned the taxes proposed will not work to reign in costs, nor be sustainable over the long term.Midmorning, November 23, 2009
• Dems nail down 60 votes; health reform marches on
  Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.November 21, 2009
• Are too many forests being cut down for biomass?
  Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.November 21, 2009
• Asian carp may have invaded Great Lakes
  Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery.November 20, 2009
• Investor says Elk Run project going slower than expected
  The California venture capitalist who says he plans to bring a billion-dollar bio-science park on a former elk farm in southeastern Minnesota said Friday it's going slower than he hoped.November 20, 2009
• Mayo's president stepping down to run program in Arizona
  Mayo President and CEO Denis Cortese is stepping down from the clinic's leading role Friday.November 20, 2009
• Turnout light at Minneapolis H1N1 vaccination clinics
  Turnout was light at four H1N1 vaccination clinics held last night at four Minneapolis elementary schools.November 20, 2009
• Senate set to vote Saturday on heath care legislation
  The U.S. Senate is set for a crucial vote Saturday night on one of President Obama's signature issues - overhauling the health care system. Former Republican Sen. David Durenberger, dubbed "Senator Health" when he was in the Senate, joins Midday to discuss the political and policy controversies over health care reform.Midday, November 20, 2009
• Seven Minnesota counties holding H1N1 vaccination clinics
  At least seven Minnesota counties are holding H1N1 flu vaccination clinics Friday and this weekend.November 20, 2009
• Augsburg student hospitalized with meningitis
  A student at Augsburg College in Minneapolis is hospitalized with a case of bacterial meningitis.November 20, 2009
• Feds stimulating research at Minnesota schools
  If ever there was a time for scientists to feel giddy, it's now. Federal stimulus money for research has started rolling into Minnesota colleges.November 20, 2009
• Intense debate over new mammogram guidelines
  New guidelines recommending against yearly mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 are creating confusion and anxiety among women, and stirring anger in the medical community.Midmorning, November 20, 2009
• Turnout light at school H1N1 clinic
  The Minneapolis Public Health Department offered H1N1 vaccine to kids at four elementary schools Thursday.November 19, 2009

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