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As Trump makes case for border wall, lawmakers reach deal

As Trump makes case for border wall, lawmakers reach deal

President Trump headed to the Texas border on Monday to argue his case that walls work as Democrats and Republicans back home in Washington announced a deal had been reached to avoid another government shutdown.
by Associated Press

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Cohen postpones Senate interview, citing medical reasons

Cohen postpones Senate interview, citing medical reasons

Michael Cohen's closed-door testimony before the Senate intelligence committee has been postponed "due to post-surgery medical needs," his attorney said Monday.
by Associated Press

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Denver teachers strike over base pay

Denver teachers strike over base pay

After more than a year of negotiations, the teachers union and the school district still can't agree on a base pay increase. The district's plan depends too much on incentive bonuses, the union says.
by Matthew S. Schwartz

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More immigrants sue U.S. over end to protected status

More immigrants sue U.S. over end to protected status

The lawsuit filed late Sunday in federal court in San Francisco alleges that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's decision to end so-called temporary protected status for the countries was motivated by racism.
by Associated Press

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Giving medicine to young children? Getting the dose right is tricky

Giving medicine to young children? Getting the dose right is tricky

In a recent survey, one in five parents thought that using a household spoon was OK for measuring their child's medicine. It's not. Here's how to help little kids without overdosing them.
by Patti Neighmond

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Woman fights off attacker inside Brainerd High; man arrested

A Brainerd High School staffer was attacked Monday morning in the girls' locker room. The man fled and was later arrested by police, the Brainerd schools superintendent says. The woman is safe and sustained minor injuries.
by Kirsti Marohn

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What it will take for Trump to end AIDS 'beyond' America

What it will take for Trump to end AIDS 'beyond' America

The president's State of the Union address made a bold pledge. But his 2019 budget proposal calls for massive cuts to foreign assistance programs that address AIDS.
by Tim McDonnell

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Minnesota is an 'incubator' of presidential ambition but not presidents

Minnesota is an 'incubator' of presidential ambition but not presidents

Sen. Amy Klobuchar is just the latest prominent Minnesotan to make a play for the White House. The path has always stopped short of the Oval Office.
by Brian Bakst

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ICE detention beds new stumbling block in efforts to prevent another shutdown

ICE detention beds new stumbling block in efforts to prevent another shutdown

Democrats want to cap the number of beds ICE may use to detain people arrested for overstaying their visas and other minor crimes. President Trump says the idea is "crazy."

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Amy Klobuchar: How she shaped her career to become a presidential candidate

Amy Klobuchar: How she shaped her career to become a presidential candidate

On Sunday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced she is running for president in 2020. We took a look at her early career highlights and lowlights, qualities that could make her a standout candidate and also the recent Huffington Post article that accused her of being a difficult boss.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Rep. Omar apologizes for Israel tweets as criticism mounts

Rep. Omar apologizes for Israel tweets as criticism mounts

Tweets from Minnesota DFL U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar suggesting that U.S. political leaders defend Israel because of campaign money have drawn a stern rebuke from Democratic and Republican leaders.
by Briana Bierschbach and Brian Bakst

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UMN's new device could make at-home cancer treatments easier

UMN's new device could make at-home cancer treatments easier

A new device from the University of Minnesota Medical School may make it easier to monitor certain types of at-home, oral treatments for cancer patients — a technology that may have benefited Carlin and her mother.
by Associated Press

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Minnesota schools may seek reprieve for canceled classes

Minnesota schools may seek reprieve for canceled classes

Minnesota education officials and lobbyists are surveying districts to decide whether to ask lawmakers for a shorter school year after severe winter weather forced many to cancel classes.
by Associated Press

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The Political Junkie: Are presidential candidates from the Midwest electable?

Amy Klobuchar announced that she will be running for president. Will her Midwestern roots give her an advantage in states like Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan that went for Trump in 2016?
by Kerri Miller

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The week ahead in Minnesota politics, from legislative agendas to Sen. Klobuchar's 2020 bid

The top story in Minnesota politics right now is Sen. Amy Klobuchar's announcement Sunday that she's running for president. Meanwhile at the state Capitol this week, legislative committees are slated to discuss everything from proposed tobacco and e-cigarette restrictions to school start times.
by Cathy Wurzer and Brian Bakst

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Tree-munching insects likely to survive cold

Tree-munching insects likely to survive cold

Several species of destructive tree-eating insects — some native to Minnesota, others not — actually are cold-hardy enough that they'll likely survive until spring.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Kirsti Marohn

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Facing a critical shortage of drivers, the trucking industry is changing

Facing a critical shortage of drivers, the trucking industry is changing

The trucking industry has faced a shortage of drivers for years, but the problem is compounded now with baby boomer retirements, increased freight demands and a high turnover rate.
by Frank Morris

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How questioning the safety of football cost a broadcaster his career

How questioning the safety of football cost a broadcaster his career

How tight is the National Football League with the TV networks who show the games? Ask Bob Costas, the veteran NBC sports announcer who tells ESPN that NBC dropped him from last year's Super Bowl coverage because he appeared at a University of Maryland symposium on football in November 2017 and said 'the game destroys people's brains.'
by Bob Collins

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Report: Unconvicted jail inmates pay dearly for phone calls

Report: Unconvicted jail inmates pay dearly for phone calls

A nonpartisan prison research group says city and county jails lag prisons in bringing down the high cost of phone calls.
by Alisa Roth

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Campus stalker seeks date for her son

Campus stalker seeks date for her son

The police at Towson University in Maryland are circulating images of this woman. She's a threat. She'll stop at nothing, apparently, to get a date for her son.
by Bob Collins

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Walz, legislative leaders pledge smooth end of session

Walz, legislative leaders pledge smooth end of session

Gov. Tim Walz and top legislative leaders are pledging to take early action on budget bills this year to avoid chaos at the end of session and a potential state government shutdown.
by Tim Pugmire

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Budget talks resuming amid pessimism over border differences

Talks collapsed over Democratic demands to limit the number of migrants authorities can detain, and the two sides remained separated over how much to spend on President Trump's promised border wall. A Friday midnight deadline is looming to prevent a second partial government shutdown.
by The Associated Press

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Kacey Musgraves and Childish Gambino win top awards at Grammys

Kacey Musgraves and Childish Gambino win top awards at Grammys

No single artist dominated, but over the course of a night in which a handful of artists won major awards, a thread became clear: The Academy was attempting to make amends for past mistakes.
by Andrew Flanagan

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No big refund this year?

It's tax season which means we must endure another round of blaming Americans because they like refund checks.
by Bob Collins

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Obscene message in comic strip

Obscene message in comic strip

Wiley Miller, who draws the comic, wasn't shy about alerting readers the obscene message was there.
by Bob Collins

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'Bond buster' works to defeat school referendums across Midwest

'Bond buster' works to defeat school referendums across Midwest

The Worthington and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton school districts have been contending with Paul Dorr, an Iowa consultant who urges residents to vote "no."
by Alex Baumhardt

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ChangeMakers: Justice Alan Page and Paris Yarbrough, a legal legend and the next generation

ChangeMakers: Justice Alan Page and Paris Yarbrough, a legal legend and the next generation

Justice Alan Page is Minnesota's first black Supreme Court justice and is the founder of the Page Education Foundation. Paris Yarbrough is a Page Scholar studying law at the University of St. Thomas.
by Evan Frost

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A Beautiful World: Europe bans single-use plastic

A Beautiful World: Europe bans single-use plastic

In an environmentally historic vote, the European Parliament has moved to ban single-use plastic products across Europe. This ban outlaws plastic bags, straws, plates, cups, drink stirrers and cotton swabs.
by Heather McElhatton

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A life ruined by distracted driving, an apology, and forgiveness

Laura Berg, 34, of Fergus Falls, Minn., is lucky to be alive. Jordan L. Paulus, 21, of East Bethel, is lucky she's not going to prison for being on her cellphone when she should've been paying attention to driving when she plowed into Berg, who was on a road crew, putting her in a coma for two months.
by Bob Collins

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A tribute to ‘every dad of that generation’

George Hartman was in eight of his son Steve's stories for CBS. And over the weekend, the last of them aired. George has died.
by Bob Collins

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Now appearing at the bird feeder: a gynandromorph

Now appearing at the bird feeder: a gynandromorph

Oh, for sure it's not a raccoon climbing a building, but a cardinal is currently at the top of the list of animals that divert the nation's attention from less important things.
by Bob Collins

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Daily Digest: Klobuchar makes it official

Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced her plans to run for the White House on a snowy Sunday afternoon.
by Mike Mulcahy

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What’s on MPR News – 2/11/19

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

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'Magical Negro' carries the weight of history

'Magical Negro' carries the weight of history

Morgan Parker's new poetry collection explores the ways African-American lives are affected by historical events, even though they may have happened decades or centuries ago.
by Mary Louise Kelly

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Possible impeachment could further upend Virginia politics

Possible impeachment could further upend Virginia politics

Virginia lawmakers on Monday will reluctantly face the unprecedented prospect of impeaching the state's second most powerful leader as they struggle to address revelations of past racist behavior and allegations of sexual assault roiling its highest levels of office.
by Associated Press

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Parents question whether school shooting drills traumatize kids

Parents question whether school shooting drills traumatize kids

April Sullivan was pleasantly surprised by an "I love you, Mom" text from her daughter last May. But she did not know that her child sent it while supposedly hiding from a school shooter. The girl didn't know the "code blue" alert was a drill.
by Associated Press

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