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A variety of Minnesota projects could receive millions of dollars in so-called earmarks, as the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill heads to the U.S. Senate for approval this weekend. Full Story »

Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word "infidelity" for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site. Full Story »

Police say they've determined the person responsible for putting up anti-Islamic posters in the central Minnesota city of St. Cloud. Full Story »

The state of Minnesota has directed all of its agencies to stop using a Texas company state officials hired to verify the identities of new employees after a possible breach of security on the company's Web site. Full Story »

Police have arrested the son of a St. Cloud day care provider in the alleged molestation of a 5-year-old girl. Full Story »

Tried and true Twin Cities rocker Curtiss A stopped by the Current studios in support of his annual John Lennon Tribute Show. Full Story »

A 40-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged for allegedly walking into an office complex in Roseville with a gun and demanding money from a female front desk employee. Full Story »

MPR News has learned that Minnesota will open up H1N1 vaccinations to everyone next week. Full Story »

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Friday it plans extra patrols next year in 13 counties that had more than half of the state's alcohol-related deaths and serious injuries in the past three years. Full Story »

A group of students at the University of Minnesota say they want more information about the fees they're charged to attend the U of M. Full Story »

Concerns about how federal education regulations are affecting Minnesota schools are turning up in the race for governor. Full Story »

The Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins Friday at sundown. By tradition to mark the occasion, Midday presents National Public Radio's "Hanukkah Lights," which features four short stories about Hanukkah and Jewish life. Full Story »

Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher's campaign for governor sent a letter to the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board Friday saying she may have violated campaign finance laws. Full Story »

As delegates from around the world meet in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, one of the nation's top climate scientists joins Midday to answer questions about the conference and about global warming. Full Story »

Wisconsin and Minnesota had an agreement that allowed taxpayers who live in one state but work in the other to file one income tax return. The two states then reimbursed each other. Full Story »

Sociologists Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas spent two years in a small town in Iowa trying to find out why so many young people are leaving rural America. What they found was that many small towns are playing a role in their own demise, by pushing the best and brightest to leave and under-investing in those who stay. Full Story »

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and often leads to serious long-term disability. Midmorning examines the latest advances in stroke prevention, new research, and why time is of the essence for treatment. Full Story »

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway is appealing a jury's decision that found the railroad mostly responsible in a car-train crash that killed four young people in Anoka in 2003. Full Story »

Retail sales rose more than expected in November, boosting hopes that the all-important consumer sector will support the fragile recovery. Full Story »

A black man who helped build the TransCanada Keystone oil pipeline that passes through eastern North Dakota is suing his former employer in federal court, alleging that he faced racial discrimination at a job site at Mekinock. Full Story »

Police have detained at least 40 people in the first street protests linked to a two-week climate conference in Copenhagen. Full Story »

EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster talks in Copenhagen. Full Story »

Farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other parts of the country, according to a new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could drain the nation's water resources. Full Story »

A man accused of helping in a 1985 murder has pleaded guilty to new charges in an agreement with prosecutors in Winona County. Full Story »

Ely is the site of an effort Friday to prod federal officials into removing Minnesota's wolves from the federal endangered species list. Full Story »