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Stories from March 17, 2019

Dick Dale, 'King of Surf Guitar,' dies at 81

Dick Dale, 'King of Surf Guitar,' dies at 81

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title "King of the Surf Guitar," has died at age 81.
by Associated Press

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Pirro's show not in Fox lineup, a week after Omar comments

Pirro's show not in Fox lineup, a week after Omar comments

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro's show didn't air this weekend, a week after her comments questioning U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar over her wearing a Muslim head covering. No explanation was given.
by Associated Press

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Minnesota Whitecaps win NWHL championship

The Minnesota Whitecaps are champions of the National Women's Hockey League.
by MPR News Staff

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Ethiopia minister: 'Clear similarities' in Boeing crashes

Ethiopia minister: 'Clear similarities' in Boeing crashes

Preliminary information from the flight data recorder of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed a week ago shows "clear similarities" with an earlier disaster involving the same kind of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, Ethiopia's transport minister said Sunday.
by Associated Press

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3-year-old victim of mosque attack mourned

3-year-old victim of mosque attack mourned

Each of the 50 lives lost in Friday's senseless barrage of violence at the hands of a white supremacist has left an aching wound. But the death of 3-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, with his big brown eyes and sweet smile, has been particularly hard to take.
by Associated Press

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Warmer temps and melting snow; how much will the rivers rise this week?

Warmer temps and melting snow; how much will the rivers rise this week?

Astronomical spring arrives at 4:58 p.m. CDT on Wednesday. It’ll look and feel more and more like spring this week, as temps rise and our snow cover shrinks. Temperature trends Monday afternoon highs are expected to reach the upper 30s in much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We could touch 40 in the Twin Cities metro…
by Ron Trenda

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Major companies aim to launch flying taxis in next decade

Major companies aim to launch flying taxis in next decade

They're not quite here yet, but Uber and others are working on them and have set some bullish timelines. Flying taxis promise to ease traffic on the ground, but some worry they'll boost inequality.
by Aarti Shahani

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More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream

More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream

Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees. Hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska also have been displaced by the late-winter flood.
by Associated Press

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Nat King Cole remains 'one of the great gifts of nature'

Nat King Cole remains 'one of the great gifts of nature'

Born 100 years ago today, Nat King Cole topped the charts year after year, sold more than 50 million records, pushed jazz piano in a new direction and paved the way for later generations of performers.
by Tom Vitale

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New Zealand prepares to bury mosque shooting victims as toll hits 50

New Zealand prepares to bury mosque shooting victims as toll hits 50

Anguished relatives anxiously waited Sunday for authorities to release the remains of those who were killed in massacres at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, while police announced the death toll from the racist attacks had risen to 50.
by Associated Press

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The weather extremes of St. Patrick’s Day; warmer temps this week, with 50s in sight

The weather extremes of St. Patrick’s Day; warmer temps this week, with 50s in sight

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We all know that March can be a fickle month, so it’s not too surprising that there’s been a wide range of St. Patrick’s Day weather over the years. Our warmest St. Patrick’s Day in the Twin Cities was in 2012, when we hit 80 degrees. Our coldest official Twin Cities…
by Ron Trenda

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Building a home of stories in 'The Bird King'

Building a home of stories in 'The Bird King'

G. Willow Wilson's luminous new novel is set during the last days of Muslim Granada, and follows a royal concubine and her mapmaker friend as they flee the Inquisition for a place that may not exist.
by Amal El-Mohtar

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Ice jams cause flooding along some Minnesota creeks, rivers

Ice jams cause flooding along some Minnesota creeks, rivers

An ice jam caused a rapid rise of the Cottonwood River in New Ulm, Minn., over the weekend, sending water over a roadway as authorities monitored the situation.
by Andrew Krueger

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Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest

Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest

Authorities were using boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers, and killing at least one person.
by Associated Press

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