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Crayola to retire a color; but which one will it be?

Crayola to retire a color; but which one will it be?

Crayola says the announcement revealing which color is getting retired will be livestreamed on Facebook on Friday morning.
by Associated Press

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Author: How the Mall of America could become 'as toxic and uninhabitable as Chernobyl'

Author: How the Mall of America could become 'as toxic and uninhabitable as Chernobyl'

In his new book, "Deadliest Enemy," epidemiologist Michael Osterholm argues that we are more vulnerable to an infectious disease outbreak now than at any other time in history.
by Tom Weber and MPR News Staff

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Folk, blues and country converge on new Son Volt album

The group will be performing Wednesday night at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

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Bob Dylan to receive his Nobel Prize this weekend

Bob Dylan to receive his Nobel Prize this weekend

Dylan declined an invitation last year to the traditional Nobel Prize banquet and ceremony on Dec. 10, pleading other commitments.
by The Associated Press

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First episode off 'All Things Considered' headed to Library of Congress

First episode off 'All Things Considered' headed to Library of Congress

The NPR program's inaugural 1971 broadcast has been added to the National Recording Registry, alongside other "aural treasures" like Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow."
by Colin Dwyer

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Hundreds gather at Orchestra Hall to remember Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Hundreds gather at Orchestra Hall to remember Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Skrowaczewski was remembered as music director at the Minnesota Orchestra for 19 years in the 1960s and '70s, and for leading the effort to build Orchestra Hall.
by Euan Kerr

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Behind the new literary genre: Cli-fi

Behind the new literary genre: Cli-fi

Cli-fi, or climate fiction, is a growing genre of speculative novels that imagine the consequences of climate change.
by Tracy Mumford

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