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05/01/2001 Killing Fish to Improve Fishing The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources killed hundreds of thousands of fish last winter. They did it on purpose, on a few lakes around the state as an experiment. Their intention, to restock the lakes with what sportsmen call "more desirable" fish.
04/25/2001 Teens Want to Keep Target Market Money Minnesota lawmakers will reconsider next week how the state spends the 1998 tobacco settlement money. Teens involved in Target Market, the state's largest anti-smoking campaign, are concerned about maintaining the money they received from the lawsuit.
04/23/2001 Drinking Coffee for Fair Trade As leaders of the western hemisphere agreed last weekend to create the world's largest trading zone, thousands of protesters descended on Quebec City in opposition to the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Fair trade - not to be confused with free trade - is an alternative to such agreements designed to look out for the small-scale producer and his land. At Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, students have brought the fair trade movement to campus.
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