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Feeling burned out? Here’s how a Minnesota doctor sang about it

Feeling burned out? Here’s how a Minnesota doctor sang about it

What do you do when work starts to feel like a grind? One Twin Cities doctor wrote a musical about it. MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks about finding meaning at work and ways to handle burnout. 
by Chris Farrell and Maja Beckstrom

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Kia and Hyundai agree to $200M settlement over car thefts

Kia and Hyundai agree to $200M settlement over car thefts

The settlement covers some 9 million owners of Hyundai or Kia vehicles. Affected models have been the target of thieves, fueled by a deadly trend that spread on social media.
by Emma Bowman

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Disney cancels plans for $1 billion Florida campus

Disney cancels plans for $1 billion Florida campus

Disney says it's not moving ahead with a planned office park in Orlando because of "new leadership and changing business conditions." Its dispute with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of the factors.
by Greg Allen

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Minnesota is getting $60.5 million in e-cigarette settlement

Minnesota is getting $60.5 million in e-cigarette settlement

Minnesota is getting $60.5 million in its e-cigarette settlement from Juul and Altria. Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison unveiled details of the settlement Wednesday.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Love taxidermy, odd art and mad clowns? Check out this circus-like expo

Love taxidermy, odd art and mad clowns? Check out this circus-like expo

The Oddities & Curiosities Expo is bringing about 150 vendors selling gothic and dark-fantasy items, a “mad clown” museum, sideshow acts and a taxidermy class to Minneapolis on Saturday, May 20.
by Robyn Katona

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Strip club to neighborhood grocery store: Karen and Nepali Foods opens in St. Paul

Strip club to neighborhood grocery store: Karen and Nepali Foods opens in St. Paul

A small business owner and his partners have turned a former St. Paul strip club into a neighborhood grocery store. For years, the Lamplighter Lounge was the subject of many police calls for violent shootings — a couple of them fatal.
by Regina Medina

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