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Teen desire to look 'buff' worries researchers

Among Twin Cities teens, pumping iron is more popular than experts thought

Updated: November 19, 2012, - 05:32 AM

Children and families beat: Tighter child-care ratios off the table

A controversial idea for improving safety in Minnesota's home day cares - cutting the number of kids that providers can watch - is off the table for now.

Updated: November 15, 2012, - 07:13 PM

Obituary: Using space rocks, V. Rama Murthy learned Earth's age

V. Rama Murthy, a geochemist and teacher who made people smile.

Updated: November 14, 2012, - 08:12 PM

Sanctions imposed in 2004 U drug trial death

Social worker faulted over care of a 27-year-old in a U study who killed himself.

Updated: November 12, 2012, - 10:18 PM

Fewer Minn. kids have unsafe lead levels, but 3,000 still too high

The number of children with "elevated" levels -- at least 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood -- dropped from 4,339 in 1995 to 584 last year. But testing in Minnesota identified more than 3,000 children with high levels.

Updated: October 25, 2012, - 03:53 PM

Home day cares present extra set of challenges

More than 700 home daycares have been shut down since 2002 for violations ranging from drinking to domestic violence.

Updated: October 22, 2012, - 01:08 PM

Sexual abusers in day cares are often other kids

More than 65 children have been sexually abused in Minnesota child-care facilities since 2007 in cases often linked to supervision failures by in-home providers.

Updated: October 22, 2012, - 09:48 AM