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Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis adheres to 1870s French philosophy [Read Transcript...]

For nearly 50 years, Charles Albert Bender was the only Minnesota-born baseball player inducted into the Hall of Fame, in part for inventing the slider, a powerful pitch for striking out batters. Bender’s rise to fame is poignant. He was an Ojibwe, born on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and later forced to live at a boarding school in Pennsylvania. Listen to MN90 producer Marisa Helms’ story about the inspirational life of Charles Albert Bender. [Read Transcript...]

Patty Wetterling experienced one of parent’s worst nightmares: child abduction. Producer Allison Herrera explains how she used this tragic event to create a law that protects children. [Read Transcript...]