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Lulete Mola spoke to the group of women assembled to choose microgrant recipients through the Young Women's Initiative.

These young women aren't waiting around to spark real change in Minnesota

Young women find guidance, connections and funding to become forces for change now.
Wealshire resident Lorraine Erdmann is surprised by fresh flowers from Jill McCarty, a volunteer with Bluebirds & Blooms.
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Childhood friends from Edina recycle flowers into bouquets of beauty for seniors

February 15
Their simple mission of giving a gift of recycled flowers has sprouted into a flourishing enterprise.
Astronomer Avi Loeb said he’ll stick with the alien theory until someone proves otherwise.
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Harvard's top astronomer talks aliens, doesn't care what colleagues think

February 15
Department chair says an alien ship may be among us and doesn't care what his colleagues think
  • Year in space put US astronaut's disease defenses on alert
Shane Grammer, left, and Shane Edwards after Grammer finished painting a mural on Edwards's burned-out fireplace in Paradise, Calif.
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Art springs from ashes after deadly California fire

February 15
Painter creates beautiful mural after his California friend lost everything
Amal Qasem, 15, an eighth grader in Efrain Tovar’s newcomers class, shows how a math app she created works on a projection screen at Abraham Lincoln
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Computer coding superstar from Yemen, 15, now tackling English

February 15
John Leland.
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New York Times reporter John Leland looks to elders to learn how to live now

February 15
Thirteen-year-old hot dog entrepreneur Jaequan Faulkner, center, along with his cousin Destinee Grandberry, 12, left, cq, was all smiles after the cit
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This passionate Minnesotan is on the frontlines to keep kids out of court

February 11
As associate director for Minneapolis' Legal Rights Center, Sarah Davis says the worst place for at-risk youth is in our court system.
  • Minnesotan channels Rosie the Riveter to inspire kids with Somali refugee story
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Sports radio host laid mental health issues bare

February 8
Taunted by a listener, radio personality responded with candor.
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Far from her homeland, a mother finds comfort at an Indian grocery store

February 8
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94-year-old is a supermarket bakery bagger with no plans to slow down

February 8
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Help wanted: State Patrol seeks nontraditional applicants to fill growing need for troopers

February 8
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  3. These young women aren't waiting around to spark real change in Minnesota
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