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The novel behind 'Miracle at Santa Anna'

The novel behind 'Miracle at Santa Anna'

This weekend Spike Lee's new film "Miracle at Santa Anna" opens nationwide. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by James McBride.
by Euan Kerr

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Pueblo, USA

Pueblo, USA

The wave of immigrants from south of the border has forever changed America. Big, coastal cities have absorbed immigrants for decades. But today, immigrants are changing the culture and the economics of cities and small towns nationwide. In the South, a small town adjusts to its deepest cultural change since the Civil Rights movement. And in a Midwestern city, a neighborhood is reborn when immigrants move in -- but the rebirth comes at a price. Pueblo, USA shows how the immigrants are both a boon and a burden to their new communities.

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Campaign for constitutional amendment gears up

Campaign for constitutional amendment gears up

A constitutional amendment on the November ballot would raise the state sales tax to support the environment and the arts. Advocates on both sides of the issue have launched aggressive campaigns.
by Tom Robertson

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Border Patrol under fire in Grand Marais

Border Patrol under fire in Grand Marais

The Border Patrol finds itself in the public cross-hairs in Grand Marais. The federal law enforcement agency was already on the defensive over plans two years ago to build a new regional post and detainment compound. Now, a Border Patrol agent stands accused of criminal traffic violations in a fatal accident last fall.
by Bob Kelleher

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AP Exclusive: Video shows workers abusing pigs

AP Exclusive: Video shows workers abusing pigs

An undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters.
by Fred Frommer

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Campaign ads

Campaign ads

Midmorning continues it's campaign season series on the ad wars. Barack Obama has unleashed a new series of ads targeting John McCain as being out of touch, but will they help him regain momentum?

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