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OUR STORIES | Fire and ice: Sierra Leone Samuels referees with a cool hand

By Paige Elliott, TC Daily Planet

“The boxing ring is my living room and I’m going to let you two play fight in the living room. But if you start breaking stuff and acting like fools, I will step in and shut it down...” - Sierra Leone Samuels, boxing referee

The boxing ring has a way of revealing character and teaching lessons. Those who enter unprepared or unfocused are often exposed. For amateur boxing referee, Sierra Leone Samuels, the boxing ring has provided a test of nerves, judgment, and reason—so far she’s passing with flying colors.

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Community Empowerment through Black Men Healing Conference gives counselors tools for ‘Healing the Village’

By Dwight Hobbes, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

It is said nothing is as irresistible as an idea whose time has come. The Fifth Annual 2013 Community Empowerment through Black Men Healing Conference quite evidently fills that bill.

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Local churches take up fight against diabetes

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Beverly Propes

Diabetes is the “gateway disease” that often can lead to other health concerns, especially for Blacks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one of every three Blacks in this country either has diabetes or is pre-diabetic, and nearly 39 percent of Black Minnesotans’ deaths are caused by diabetes.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Popular culture's appropriation of the Harlem Shake

By John Tanur Badgley, Community Voices

UPDATED: February of 2013 forever engrained flailing bodies, ridiculous costumes, and a deep, chopped and screwed voice commanding  everyone to “do the Harlem Shake” in the minds of h

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North Side murals brighten Minneapolis neighborhood

By Tammy Ward, TC Daily Planet

Harrison Neighborhood Mural located on the side of 1900 Glenwood Ave. N. That is the corner of Glenwood and Morgan. (All photos by Tammy Ward)

My name is Tammy Ward and I live in North Minneapolis, in the Harrison Neighborhood. 

I have lived here almost four years and have seen many changes.  Harrison is truly a vibrant and upcoming neighborhood. Change is steadily happening in a positive direction. I decided to show in pictures the eclectic feel of Harrison though murals painted on some of the buildings in the neighborhood.  

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Vikings stadium design revealed

By Christina Cerruti, KFAI Radio

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority has unveiled its design for a new Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis.

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House and Senate begin talks on higher education spending

By Sarah Lemagie, Session Weekly/Session Daily

With a week left until the Legislature is due to adjourn, Senate and House members are starting to hammer out the differences in their funding plans for Minnesota’s public colleges and universities.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Doodle Bird Design + Gifts opens in Ericsson neighborhood

By Tesha Christensen, Neighborhood Notes

Doodle Bird is located at the intersection on 28th Ave. and 42nd St.

A new gift shop has moved to the 42nd St./28th Ave. intersection.

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Powderhorn Park 'Community Sing' lifts spirits

By Terry Carter and Ron Thums, KFAI Radio

With the slow but sure progress we’ve made towards warmer weather, a lot of outdoor activities are finally getting started.

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Marking progress—two years after the Northside tornado

By Douglas Fehlen, Camden News

Two deaths, dozens of injuries, hundreds of families displaced, thousands of trees lost and millions of dollars in damage. These numbers only begin to describe the effects of the tornado strike on May 22, 2011. Residents of Jordan, Folwell and Webber-Camden were among those most affected along the tornado’s 3.5-mile path, and it is in these neighborhoods where the storm’s destructiveness remains most evident two years later.

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