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Stories from December 7, 2019

Somber ceremony marks 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Somber ceremony marks 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Organizers of the public event at the Hawaii naval base said attendees included about a dozen survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack, the youngest of whom are now in their late 90s.
by The Associated Press

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Family, friends, colleagues mourn Minnesota soldiers as investigation begins at crash site

Family, friends, colleagues mourn Minnesota soldiers as investigation begins at crash site

Investigators arrived at the scene of a deadly Minnesota National Guard helicopter crash on Saturday near St. Cloud, as a memorial took shape in a nearby field and colleagues spoke about the three men who died.
by Alisa Roth, MPR News Staff and Andrew Krueger

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A new way to calculate your dog's age

A new way to calculate your dog's age

The old way to think about your dog's "human age" — the age in actual years times seven — is wrong. Researchers discovered that by looking at aging on the molecular level.
by James Doubek and Peter Breslow

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A mild Saturday; update on the Sunday night/Monday snow

A nice Saturday across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with mild temps. We have the latest on the snow that will slick up the roads Sunday night and Monday morning. The flakes will be followed by arctic cold next week.
by Ron Trenda

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Sock it to me: In praise of an evergreen holiday gift

Sock it to me: In praise of an evergreen holiday gift

It's the holiday gift for when you can't think of what else to give — socks! And they're having their fashion-world moment, says Steven Frumkin, a dean at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
by Scott Simon

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'Reverie' dreams outside the box

'Reverie' dreams outside the box

Ryan LaSala's new novel imagines a world where people get swept up in dangerous, all-encompassing dreams — and only a damaged, anmesiac kid and his friends have the power to fight them.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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American student held in Iran released in prisoner exchange

American student held in Iran released in prisoner exchange

Princeton graduate student Xiyue Wang, held by Iran for three years, was released Saturday in exchange for Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had been held in the U.S.
by James Doubek

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MPR News Update for Dec. 7, 2019

MPR News Update for Dec. 7, 2019

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Charges considered in apparent overdose death of 10-year-old

Officers were dispatched to a south side home Nov. 21 on a report of a child who was choking, according to a police report. Firefighters and paramedics found the girl wasn't breathing, didn't have a pulse and tried to revive her, but she was pronounced dead after being rushed to the Hennepin Healthcare.
by The Associated Press

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