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Photos: Mall of America hit with the biggest yarn bomb ever

Photos: Mall of America hit with the biggest yarn bomb ever

Twin Cities yarn artist Eric Rieger, known widely as HOTTEA, is installing thousands of feet of yarn in the atrium.
by Euan Kerr

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Soul singer PaviElle talks musical heritage, what being an artist means to her

Soul singer PaviElle talks musical heritage, what being an artist means to her

In the midst of writing her next album, PaviElle visited The Current studio to perform one of her new songs and talk with hosts Andrea Swensson and Tom Weber.
by Julie Siple, Tom Weber, Andrea Swensson and Lillian Speakman

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Dull, Boring and Bland forge an international alliance

Dull, Scotland and Boring, Oregon, two small communities united by unexciting names, have joined forces with a third: Bland Shire, Australia. Their club is dubbed the League of Extraordinary Communities.
by The Associated Press

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Andre Cymone performs tonight at Turf Club

Andre Cymone, who is best known as Prince's childhood friend and early musical collaborator, will be performing tonight at the Turf Club in St. Paul.
by Phil Picardi

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Minnesota author in the running for Man Booker prize

Minnesota author in the running for Man Booker prize

The longlist for the prestigious literary prize was released, and debut author Emily Fridlund is in the running alongside Colson Whitehead, Arundhati Roy, George Saunders and more.
by Associated Press and Tracy Mumford

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Chic and Earth, Wind and Fire bring the '70s back to Xcel

Today's Morning Edition music is from "Le Freak" by Chic. According to guitarist Nile Rodgers, the song was conceived on New Year's Eve, 1977 when Rodgers and another member of the band could not get into the hottest disco club in New York, Studio 54.
by MPR News Staff

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Listen: The life of a long-haul trucker

Finn Murphy recounts his life on the road in "The Long Haul."
by Kerri Miller

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