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Stories from October 26, 2018

Poll: Most approve of Dayton’s job performance

Poll: Most approve of Dayton’s job performance

A new poll shows a majority of Minnesotans approve of the DFL Gov. Mark Dayton's job performance over the past eight years.
by Tim Pugmire

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Young voters are key to midterm

Both Democrats and Republicans are redoubling efforts to gain young voter support. How much power do young people wield in this year's midterms?
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Political Junkie talks about Pittsburgh shooting

MPR News Host Kerri Miller runs down the week in politics with Ken Rudin, host of The Political Junkie Podcast.
by Kerri Miller

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As FBI closed in on bomb suspect, mixed signals from president Trump

As FBI closed in on bomb suspect, mixed signals from president Trump

President Trump has toggled between conventional messages of national unity and partisan attacks this week, as the nation was rattled by a series of suspected pipe bombs.
by Scott Horsley

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Caught between Trump's tariffs and tax changes, soybean farmers face uncertain future

Caught between Trump's tariffs and tax changes, soybean farmers face uncertain future

A daunting trifecta is threatening many Midwest farmers' profit margin: wet fields, stubbornly low crop prices exacerbated by a trade war with China -- and some twists from the new tax law.
by Amy Mayer

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Megyn Kelly out at NBC's 'Today' show

Megyn Kelly out at NBC's 'Today' show

Megyn Kelly is out from the Today show, an NBC News spokesperson said Friday. This comes after she made offensive remarks earlier this week about blackface Halloween costumes.
by David Folkenflik

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Let’s be better

Let’s be better

Some guy tried to assassinate people this week. A woman played Cinderella to make a kid happy. Both remind us as individuals that we can be better. Logically, what do we have to lose?
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota prison officer's death ruled a homicide

Minnesota prison officer's death ruled a homicide

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner said Friday it determined that Oak Park Heights prison officer Joseph Parise died from coronary artery syndrome and heart disease, but that his death was a homicide.
by Riham Feshir

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Cube Critics talk "What They Had," Mid90s" and "Studio 54"

Cube Critics talk "What They Had," Mid90s" and "Studio 54"

Three news films about dementia, skate punks, and the most notorious nightclub in the world.

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Westbound I-494 closing this weekend in the west metro

Westbound I-494 closing this weekend in the west metro

That's about as frightful as it gets on the roads this weekend. Here's what else you should know about before you hit the pavement.
by Nancy Yang

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A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters

A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters

In a world scarred by war and sickness, the bartering economy has returned and the unnamed narrator of "Scribe" makes a living writing letters for people. Then a man arrives who asks her to take down his confessions.
by Tracy Mumford

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St. Thomas to hold campus-wide meeting to address racism

The University of St. Thomas says it will cancel classes next Wednesday and hold a campus-wide meeting to talk about how to combat racism at the St. Paul school.
by Associated Press

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Investigators press for break in missing Wisconsin girl case

Investigators press for break in missing Wisconsin girl case

The search for a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl whose parents were killed enters its 12th day Friday and investigators still haven't said if they have clues as to what was behind the attack and suspected abduction.
by Associated Press

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Poll: Trump seen as important factor in Americans' vote, as Democrats open up lead

Poll: Trump seen as important factor in Americans' vote, as Democrats open up lead

With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, 67 percent of voters say the president is a factor in their vote, far higher than for former President Obama in 2014 when Democrats lost the Senate.

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U.S. economy grew at strong 3.5 percent rate in Q3

U.S. economy grew at strong 3.5 percent rate in Q3

The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst of consumer spending in nearly four years helped offset a sharp drag from trade.
by Associated Press

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A collaborative new choral work premieres in Minneapolis this Sunday

Titled "The Call," it's the brainchild of English countertenor Ryland Angel, who has been working with Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and the University of Minnesota's choral studies program to create the music.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Watch: Matthew Shepard laid to rest at National Cathedral

Watch: Matthew Shepard laid to rest at National Cathedral

Twenty years ago, the brutal killing of a young gay man in Laramie, Wyo., drew national attention and led to an expansion of a federal hate crimes law.
by Tom Gjelten

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It's been a very wet October

This month is the fifth month of 2018 that has delivered above normal precipitation.
by Cathy Wurzer

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5 major crops in the crosshairs of climate change

5 major crops in the crosshairs of climate change

The plants that nourish us won't disappear entirely. But they may have to move to higher, cooler latitudes. Some places may find it harder to grow anything at all, because there's not enough water.
by Dan Charles

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It's a chick! Sydney's same-sex penguin couple welcome baby

It's a chick! Sydney's same-sex penguin couple welcome baby

Sphen and Magic, a male penguin couple, are now dads to their newborn foster chick. The unnamed chick weighed in at 91 grams; its sex will be determined later by a DNA test.
by Emily Sullivan

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A faulty warrant, dismissed charge and a family's 'absolute nightmare'

A faulty warrant, dismissed charge and a family's 'absolute nightmare'

A man who admitted selling a fatal dose of heroin to a Twin Cities woman was freed from prison after prosecutors dismissed his drug charge, after a detective allegedly falsified a search warrant. The woman's family now wonders how they'll receive justice.
by Matt Sepic

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Turkey to Saudi Arabia: Where is Khashoggi's body?

Turkey to Saudi Arabia: Where is Khashoggi's body?

The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Turkey's president said Friday in remarks that were sharply critical of the kingdom's handling of the case.
by The Associated Press

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Bomb suspect was cash-strapped ex-stripper devoted to Trump

Bomb suspect was cash-strapped ex-stripper devoted to Trump

Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages, the FBI and Justice Department said.
by The Associated Press

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DFLer Phillips loans 3rd District campaign $1.3 million

It comes amid an intense and expensive race that has already topped $20 million in overall spending and is in its home stretch. Phillips is trying to unseat GOP U.S. House Rep. Erik Paulsen.
by Brian Bakst

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Showers at times Friday; Halloween update

Showers at times Friday; Halloween update

Metro area ghosts and goblins will have temps in the 40s as they gather candy this Halloween.
by Ron Trenda

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New influx of Hmong-American legislators appears likely

New influx of Hmong-American legislators appears likely

Candidates running this year could boost Hmong numbers at the Capitol to their highest level in state history.
by Laura Yuen

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Both sides in gun debate gear up for election

Both sides in gun debate gear up for election

Guns haven't been as front-and-center as health care and the economy in the fall campaign, but that doesn't mean the issue is off the radar.
by Brian Bakst

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Twitter star Jonny Sun draws 'positive, hopeful things' into being

Twitter star Jonny Sun draws 'positive, hopeful things' into being

The comedian and illustrator joined forces with Lin-Manuel Miranda for 'Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You.' Sun says he filled the book's 100+ drawings with peace and quiet optimism.
by Andrea Y. Henderson

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Amy Walter hosts the Friday Takeaway

Amy Walter hosts the Friday Takeaway

Amy Walter hosts the Friday Takeaway, about the surge in early voting in 2018.

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Poll: Most Minnesota voters disagree with Trump on immigration

Poll: Most Minnesota voters disagree with Trump on immigration

The latest MPR News/Star Tribune Minnesota Poll found 42 percent approve of how President Trump is handling immigration policy. Nearly 6 in 10 do not support building a wall along the Mexican border if the U.S. must pay for it.
by Mark Zdechlik

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