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March 14, 2018 12:10 PM

MNsure CEO moving on to new job

MNsure CEO Allison O'Toole is stepping down and heading for a health care startup focused on ensuring access to affordable health care.

by Mark Zdechlik

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March 13, 2018 6:36 PM

Best Buy opens hotline for customers denied returns

Best Buy set up a hotline for consumers denied product returns after the Wall Street Journal reported the company's system was denying customers with legitimate returns.

by Martin Moylan

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March 13, 2018 5:51 AM

Can you believe it? On Twitter, false stories shared more widely than true ones

An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Twitter is asking outside experts to help it deal with the problem.

by Laura Sydell

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March 13, 2018 4:58 AM

Trump says tariffs are needed to protect vital industries, but are they?

The steel and aluminum tariffs are based on the idea that these homegrown industries are critical for national security purposes. But global supply chains make it tough for the U.S. to go it alone.

by Jim Zarroli

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March 13, 2018 12:00 AM

How to break up the technology 'boys' club

A searing look at what's happening to women in the technology world. Journalist Emily Chang is the author of "Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley."

by MPR News Staff

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March 12, 2018 7:05 PM

Should crop insurance program help preserve family farms?

A Land Stewardship Project study says crop insurance needs changes to help preserve what's left of the nation's family farm tradition.

by Mark Steil

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March 12, 2018 7:03 PM

National Geographic reckons with its past: 'For decades, our coverage was racist'

If National Geographic's April issue was going to be entirely devoted to the subject of race, the magazine decided it had better take a good hard look at its own history.

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March 12, 2018 4:00 AM

Clean up your old oil pipeline, Minnesotans tell Enbridge

If Enbridge Energy gets approval to build its contentious Line 3 oil pipeline replacement, it wants to leave the old pipe in the ground. Locals want it removed.

by Dan Kraker

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March 11, 2018 4:00 AM

St. Paul cracking down on unlicensed short-term rentals

About 400 short-term landlords are getting letters warning they face misdemeanor charges if they fail to comply within 30 days with new rules that took effect in early December.

by Mark Zdechlik