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Stories from March 3, 2019

Minnesota Whitecaps win NWHL regular-season title

In their first season in the league, the Minnesota Whitecaps have won the National Women's Hockey League regular-season title and will enter the playoffs as the No. 1 seed.
by MPR News Staff

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2020 Democrats head to Wisconsin early, looking to reverse 2016 stumble

2020 Democrats head to Wisconsin early, looking to reverse 2016 stumble

Democrats were stunned to lose Wisconsin to Donald Trump in 2016. This time around, presidential candidates are treating the previously blue state like a battleground.
by Don Gonyea

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Looking beyond Mueller, Democrats cast investigative nets

Looking beyond Mueller, Democrats cast investigative nets

Emboldened by their new majority, Democrats are undertaking several broad new investigations into President Trump and setting the stage for a post-Robert Mueller world.
by Associated Press

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Rand Paul says he'll vote against Trump's border emergency, likely forcing a veto

Rand Paul says he'll vote against Trump's border emergency, likely forcing a veto

Normally a close ally of President Trump, Paul becomes the fourth Republican senator who plans to vote with Democrats in opposition to the president's declaration of a national emergency.

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University of Minnesota cuts ties with tech giant Huawei

The University of Minnesota has suspended its relationship with a Chinese telecom giant that's facing federal criminal charges accusing it of stealing trade secrets, violating sanctions and lying to banks.
by Associated Press

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For the few who heat homes with coal, it's still king

For the few who heat homes with coal, it's still king

Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.
by Jeff Brady

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Arctic chill on Monday; plowable snow next weekend?

Arctic chill on Monday; plowable snow next weekend?

At least it was sunny on Sunday. Arctic air was entrenched over Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Sunday, and some records were tied and broken. The Sunday high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was zero, and the morning low was 13 below zero: The morning low tied our record March 3 low temp in the…
by Ron Trenda

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Klobuchar kids Washington elite at Gridiron dinner

Klobuchar kids Washington elite at Gridiron dinner

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar took to the stage at the annual Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night in Washington — and didn't shy away from self-deprecating jokes about her management style.
by Associated Press

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St. Paul implements one-sided parking starting Monday

St. Paul implements one-sided parking starting Monday

The city of St. Paul is implementing one-sided street parking on Monday in response to record-breaking February snowfall that has choked roads in many neighborhoods.
by MPR News Staff

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Anti-Muslim signs at West Virginia Capitol roil state, draw outrage

An anti-Muslim poster outside the West Virginia House of Delegates chamber falsely connecting a Minnesota congresswoman to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has drawn strong rebukes from local and national lawmakers.
by Associated Press

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Access to Apostle Islands ice caves unlikely this winter

Access to Apostle Islands ice caves unlikely this winter

Despite near total ice coverage on Lake Superior, National Park Service officials say it's getting less and less likely the ice caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be accessible to the public this winter.
by Dan Kraker

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'A new model of storytelling' for Minnesota's immigrant communities

'A new model of storytelling' for Minnesota's immigrant communities

With support from MPR News, Mukhtar Ibrahim is devoting his energy to what will be a run as a nonprofit multimedia news organization devoted to all immigrant communities in Minnesota.

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U.S., South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy

U.S., South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy

South Korea and the U.S. are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis.
by Associated Press

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SpaceX's new crew capsule aces space station test

SpaceX's new crew capsule aces space station test

SpaceX's new crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, acing its second milestone in just over a day.
by Associated Press

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Record-breaking cold today; an update on our next snow

Record-breaking cold today; an update on our next snow

The coldest reading at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this morning has been 12 below zero. That’s significant because our Twin Cities record low temperature for March 3 is 13 below zero. We’re close. __________________________________________________________________________ Update: This morning, MSP tied their record low temperature of -13F (set in 1873) for March 3rd. This is especially impressive since…
by Ron Trenda

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Mille Lacs International Airport

You can do some interesting things with a Minnesota lake. Take the right temperature, a little snow, and a plow, voila! You've got an airport.
by Bob Collins

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'The Border' is Shakespeare for our times -- seriously

'The Border' is Shakespeare for our times -- seriously

Don Winslow's sprawling, operatic epic about the War on Drugs has some flaws, but it does the same thing Shakespeare's histories did: It simplifies current events into messy, bloody, gripping theater.
by Jason Sheehan

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Minnesota United beats Vancouver in season opener

Minnesota United beats Vancouver in season opener

Darwin Quintero, Francisco Calvo and Romario Ibarra scored to help Minnesota United beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.
by Associated Press

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Enbridge pushes Line 3 timeline back a year

Enbridge pushes Line 3 timeline back a year

Enbridge had said throughout the permitting process that the line would be in service by the end of 2019. But the company said Friday that it now doesn't expect the new pipeline to enter service until the second half of 2020.
by MPR News Staff

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