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Stories from November 21, 2018

Hennepin County sheriff-elect Hutchinson names transition team

Hennepin County sheriff-elect Hutchinson names transition team

Hennepin County Sheriff-elect Dave "Hutch" Hutchinson's transition team will be led by prominent figures in law enforcement and politics.
by Jon Collins

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Lactation litigation: More lawsuits alleging discrimination against breastfeeding moms

There's been a big jump in lawsuits in recent years claiming an employer discriminated against an employee because she was breastfeeding or needed to pump milk during the workday. The cases are driven in part by new laws that give working moms more protection.
by Dan Kraker

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Adrian Peterson still hits his son

Adrian Peterson still hits his son

Adrian Peterson , the former Minnesota Vikings star, didn't learn a thing from his arrest and trial for beating his son with a switch.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota proposes teaching climate change as human-caused

Minnesota proposes teaching climate change as human-caused

Minnesota's draft science education standards include teaching climate change as a human-caused phenomenon -- the first time in Minnesota such guidelines have ascribed human activity as the driver behind global warming.
by Cody Nelson

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DNR signs deal to transform Fort Snelling buildings into homes

DNR signs deal to transform Fort Snelling buildings into homes

It was once the military capital of the Dakotas, and George Armstrong Custer's superior officer commanded there for a time. It served the armed forces from the Spanish American War until after the dropping of the atomic bomb.
by Tim Nelson

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Appetites: Two fresh cranberry recipes for Thanksgiving

Appetites: Two fresh cranberry recipes for Thanksgiving

Put aside that canned sauce and get local berries this holiday. It's worth it, says chef Beth Dooley.
by Tom Crann

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Minn. farmers have most to lose if conservation cut from farm bill

Minn. farmers have most to lose if conservation cut from farm bill

House and Senate negotiators are trying to work out a deal on the farm bill before the end of the year, but one key difference between the House and Senate versions of the bill is the fate of the Conservation Stewardship Program, which gives farmers credit for maintaining practices that reduce soil erosion and improve water quality.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Ground Level: Education and changes in Eden Prairie

MPR News recently held a conversation in Eden Prairie to discuss how people feel about their suburban community.
by MPR News Staff

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Chief Justice Roberts raps Trump for 'Obama judge' comment

Chief Justice Roberts raps Trump for 'Obama judge' comment

Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump for his description of a judge who ruled against Trump's migrant asylum policy as an "Obama judge."
by Associated Press

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A bit milder for Thanksgiving; 40s Friday, with rain at times

A bit milder for Thanksgiving; 40s Friday, with rain at times

Many Minnesotans will be on the road at some point between Thanksgiving and Sunday evening. The weather looks pretty good in most areas, assuming that the Sunday snow stays to the south. More on that shortly. Temperature trends Our Thanksgiving Day highs should be mainly in the 30s across Minnesota, with some lower 40s southwest…
by Ron Trenda

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Gobble, gobble? U.S. turkey production growth slowed in last decade

Gobble, gobble? U.S. turkey production growth slowed in last decade

After decades of booming growth, demand for turkeys began to flatline in 2008. While a number of factors are at play, it could also be that Americans are changing the way they celebrate Thanksgiving.
by Sean McMinn

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Trash plan opponents announce plan to sue St. Paul

Trash plan opponents announce plan to sue St. Paul

The group says the city denied their right to put the trash ordinance to a public referendum.
by Tim Nelson

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Dayton ends hospital stay in time for Thanksgiving

Dayton ends hospital stay in time for Thanksgiving

Gov. Mark Dayton is back in St. Paul after spending a month hospitalized following surgeries at the Mayo Clinic.
by Brian Bakst

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Heart Bones brings the 'Dirty Dancing' soundtrack to St. Paul

"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" is one of the best-known songs from the movie "Dirty Dancing." It's also likely on the setlist for Wednesday's sold-out Heart Bones show at the Turf Club in St. Paul.
by MPR News Staff

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House Democrats signal priorities in new committee structure

Democrats who will control the Minnesota House next year added new committees Wednesday to tackle issues such as climate change, clean water, early childhood education, labor and corrections.
by Briana Bierschbach

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Cake posing turkey as stripper runs afoul of sex workers

Cake posing turkey as stripper runs afoul of sex workers

Truer words were never spoken than those by Abby Jiminez, the owner of Nadia Cakes in two Twin Cities suburbs, who seems as surprised as anyone that there'd be a market for a cake depicting a turkey's butt with a thong surrounded by dollar bills. 'I was kind of surprised at how many people wanted this,' she tells the Star Tribune.
by Bob Collins

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Olivia Hooker, national treasure, dead at 103

Olivia Hooker, national treasure, dead at 103

In 1945, she became the first African American to join the Coast Guard. She got a degree in psychology and became a professor at Fordham. She's also thought to be the last survivor of the worst racial attack in U.S history.
by Bob Collins

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Man dies after confrontation with police in Stillwater

Officers responded to a call early Wednesday involving a suicidal man. During the encounter, one officer discharged a firearm and another discharged a Taser. The man was taken to Lakeview Hospital and later pronounced dead.
by MPR News Staff

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A sixth-grader’s call for an end to violence ends with an eighth-grader’s death

'Sometimes I sit back and I have to escape from what I see and hear every day,' Sandra Parks wrote a couple of years ago in an award-winning sixth-grade essay. 'I put my headphones on and let the music take me away, move to the beat, and try to think about life and what everything means.' She was shot and killed Monday night.
by Bob Collins

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Animated star wrecks again in new 'Ralph' film

Animated star wrecks again in new 'Ralph' film

A former Twin Cities TV reporter reprises his new role as a writer and director.
by Euan Kerr

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Find a home for the homeless? It's no easy task in Minnesota

Find a home for the homeless? It's no easy task in Minnesota

Finding a Twin Cities landlord willing to work with someone who's homeless is a huge challenge, even when a tenant has the rent money, and even when the would-be tenant is a woman carrying a newborn.
by Max Nesterak

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Plan, prepare: Bracing for a Minnesota wildfire

Plan, prepare: Bracing for a Minnesota wildfire

While Minnesota wildfires haven't matched the extremity of the blazes Californians now see on a regular basis, parts of the state are vulnerable.
by Cathy Wurzer and Cody Nelson

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Ice rescue prompts angler safety warning

Ice rescue prompts angler safety warning

Lakes in northern Minnesota are barely frozen over, and already rescue teams have pulled two anglers off an ice floe on Upper Red Lake.
by John Enger

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Lawsuits and high school football playoffs go hand in hand

Why would someone stand on the sidelines dressed as a referee? Why would a team allow him to? Did it impact the game? And who's suing whom, anyway. Ah, details!
by Bob Collins

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In an honest obit, a discussion of mental health

In an honest obit, a discussion of mental health

The family of Thomas Kingsley Lawrence certainly had a difficult mission in writing the obituary for their son, who took his own life. They met the challenge head on, and produced one of the most courageous and honest obituaries we've seen.
by Bob Collins

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Music bonds parents and kids at this high school

In Frisco, Texas a wise music teacher -- as if there's any other kind -- has found the perfect way to keep parents and her students on the same page: an orchestra of parents.
by Bob Collins

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Daily Digest: Home for Thanksgiving

Some Minnesota political items in the news on the day before Thanksgiving.
by Mike Mulcahy

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What’s on MPR News – 11/21/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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'Extinctions' digs up buried memories and unacknowledged history

'Extinctions' digs up buried memories and unacknowledged history

The title Josephine Wilson's new novel refers to its protagonist, an elderly man who feels useless, extinct -- and whose journey is to find the means for growth and change within himself.
by Martha Anne Toll

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Humankind documentary: Diet and Health

Humankind documentary: Diet and Health

A Thanksgiving Eve documentary about food, nutrition and health.
by MPR News Staff

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Federal court blocks Trump administration's asylum ban

Federal court blocks Trump administration's asylum ban

A U.S. district court ruled that President Trump's proclamation banning anyone seeking asylum from entering the U.S. without crossing a port of entry violates existing law.
by Emily Sullivan

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