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Stories from February 23, 2019

Senate inquiry on drug prices echoes landmark hearings held 60 years ago

Senate inquiry on drug prices echoes landmark hearings held 60 years ago

A Senate hearing on Tuesday featuring pharmaceutical executives will tackle many issues raised in the historic Kefauver hearings, which led to tougher drug regulation. High prices remain a concern.
by Jay Hancock

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Microsoft workers protest Army contract involving tech 'designed to help people kill'

Microsoft workers protest Army contract involving tech 'designed to help people kill'

They say Microsoft's contract "crossed the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building."
by Laura Sydell and Avie Schneider

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R. Kelly ordered jailed on $1M bond at Chicago hearing

R. Kelly ordered jailed on $1M bond at Chicago hearing

A judge on Saturday gave R. Kelly a chance to go free while the R&B star awaits trial on charges that he sexually abused four people, including three minors, in a case that seemed likely to produce another #MeToo reckoning for a celebrity.
by Associated Press

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Sentencing memo: Manafort 'brazenly violated the law' for years

Sentencing memo: Manafort 'brazenly violated the law' for years

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort committed crimes that cut to "the heart of the criminal justice system," according to a sentencing memo filed Saturday by special counsel Robert Mueller's office.
by Associated Press

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4 taken to Grand Forks hospital for chlorine gas exposure

Firefighters were called to the home before 9 p.m. Friday after the homeowner poured bleach into a plugged basement floor drain. The bleach reacted with a sulfuric acid drain cleaner, creating chlorine gas.
by Associated Press

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Snow removal crews are people too

Lee Sjolander, the official police chief of NewsCut City, issued a call to the people of Kenyon on Saturday that should be amplified to every city: Give the snow removal people a break.
by Bob Collins

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Snow Saturday night as winds really ramp up; howling winds on Sunday

Snow Saturday night as winds really ramp up; howling winds on Sunday

Many locations in Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have window-rattling winds late Saturday night through Sunday afternoon. And there will be snow, with the heaviest snow from southeastern Minnesota through north-central Wisconsin. The big picture The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Saturday evening through…
by Ron Trenda

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Trump picks ambassador to Canada for United Nations post

Trump picks ambassador to Canada for United Nations post

President Trump announced Friday that he has selected Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as his nominee to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
by Associated Press

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United Methodist Church to debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings

United Methodist Church to debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings

United Methodists are among the last mainline Protestant denominations to address the issue, and some worry it could cause a major rift in the church.
by Shahla Farzan

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Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cameras, and it's likely they are also on planes used by other carriers.
by Associated Press

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Venezuelan president breaks ties with Colombia amid deadly aid crisis

Venezuelan president breaks ties with Colombia amid deadly aid crisis

At least four people have been killed as protesters and security forces clash over efforts to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela against the orders of President Nicolas Maduro.
by Associated Press

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Howling winds tonight and Sunday; who gets the heavy snow?

Howling winds tonight and Sunday; who gets the heavy snow?

A strong low pressure system will bring very high winds to Minnesota and Wisconsin Saturday night and Sunday. Some areas will also see heavy snow. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon: Notice the wintry mix over southeastern Minnesota Saturday…
by Ron Trenda

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Morning briefing; snowstorm with high winds tonight into Sunday

Morning briefing; snowstorm with high winds tonight into Sunday

Snow lingers in parts of eastern and northern Minnesota this Saturday morning, and areas of drizzle/freezing drizzle and light freezing rain are possible in southeastern Minnesota, where a winter weather advisory continues until 9 a.m. The main snow and wind event arrives Saturday evening and continues overnight into Sunday morning. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
by Ron Trenda

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Breakdancing in the Olympics? Paris 2024 organizers say, 'oui!'

Breakdancing in the Olympics? Paris 2024 organizers say, 'oui!'

Discussing "le breakdance" this week, Paris organizers said it speaks to young people -- and that the sport's dance battles will be a hit in the 2024 Summer Games.
by Bill Chappell

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