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Caledonia, Minn. – In the last decade, a boom in jail construction and dropping crime rates have left thousands of jail cells empty around Minnesota. The combination has left many counties in the state trying to figure out how to make money on this unused space.
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Faribault, Minn. — Like most people who immigrate to the U.S., Latino immigrants are usually healthier when they first arrive in the U.S. than U.S. born residents. But within a generation, many Latino immigrants lose that health advantage. And they are almost twice as likely to develop diabetes and other chronic diseases, compared to people who are born here.
This is the first of an occasional series of stories looking at the impact these health problems create today and the complications for the future.
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Caledonia, Minn.– There are only a handful of farms in the country that produce foie gras and one is located here, in southeastern Minnesota.
In the culinary world, foie gras, or fattened duck liver, is a delicacy. It’s also the source of deep divisions.
Animal rights activists say the process used to fatten the duck’s livers is animal torture.
Production is underway at the Minnesota foie gras farm.
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