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The Minnesota Environmental Partnership is sending a tongue-in-cheek message to legislators: Enjoy your wild rice hotdish now - before Minnesota's waters are too contaminated to produce the official state grain.
What does the Japanese nuclear accident mean for US policy?
Japanese officials say a partial meltdown occurred and radiation levels are still too high for repair crews to go inside. An international meeting in Ukraine seeks funding for a containment shelter, 25 years after the Chernobyl accident. A nuclear engineer joins Midday to answer questions about nuclear power plants.
Columbus: Wolves
Group howls and hunts and the Wildlife Science Center.