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How Amazon hooked America on fast delivery while avoiding responsibility for crashes

How Amazon hooked America on fast delivery while avoiding responsibility for crashes

A ProPublica investigation found Amazon escapes responsibility for its role in deaths and serious injuries even though the company keeps a tight grip on how third-party delivery drivers do their jobs.
by ProPublica Staff

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Builders: Cut spendy red tape to boost affordable housing

Builders: Cut spendy red tape to boost affordable housing

With affordable housing in short supply in Minnesota, home builders say elected officials can ratchet down costs by eliminating bureaucracy developers consider unnecessary and expensive.
by Martin Moylan

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What’s behind the U.S. labor shortage?

What’s behind the U.S. labor shortage?

Americans are quitting their jobs at record rates. Guest host Tiffany Hanssen engages in a conversation about the U.S. labor shortage.
by Tiffany Hanssen and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Scotland, Switzerland claim titles at world plowing competition near Baudette

Scotland, Switzerland claim titles at world plowing competition near Baudette

More than 7,000 people turned out to watch this weekend's world plowing championship in northern Minnesota. Scotland won one division of the competition near Baudette; Switzerland took the title in the other.
by Martin Moylan

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'They're on,' Trump says of tariffs set to kick in on Sunday

'They're on,' Trump says of tariffs set to kick in on Sunday

Americans were largely spared from higher prices in the previous rounds of trade penalties. No longer. The 15 percent tariffs on $112 billion in Chinese imports will apply to items ranging from smartwatches and TVs to shoes, diapers, sporting goods and meat and dairy products.
by The Associated Press

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Plow and the stars: World’s best plowmen dig the competition in Baudette

Plow and the stars: World’s best plowmen dig the competition in Baudette

The best field plow operators from 28 countries compete in Baudette Friday and Saturday for the title of World Plowing Champion. On the line is bragging rights — and no money.
by John Enger

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Corn Plus ethanol plant in Winnebago closing

Corn Plus ethanol plant in Winnebago closing

The Corn Plus ethanol plant in Winnebago is the latest victim of an industry rocked by low prices and actions by the Trump administration that have cut ethanol.

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