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Xcel's plan to store more nuclear waste at Monticello plant gets OK

Xcel's plan to store more nuclear waste at Monticello plant gets OK

The Minneapolis-based utility says it needs additional storage to continue operating the 52-year-old nuclear plant until 2040, a decade beyond when its current license expires.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'

Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'

Over 6,000 octopuses have been found huddling around an extinct volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean near California, and researchers now think they understand why the octopuses find it so cozy.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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Beekeeping program at Faribault prison teaches inmates job skills, confidence

Beekeeping program at Faribault prison teaches inmates job skills, confidence

A beekeeping course at a minimum security prison in Faribault, Minn., is setting up a potential career path for some inmates. The training includes an outdoor classroom where inmates take care of bees — but the bees are also taking care of the inmates.
by Catharine Richert

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A rare spotless giraffe was born in a Tennessee zoo

A rare spotless giraffe was born in a Tennessee zoo

Brights Zoo in Tennessee is asking the public to help pick a name for the giraffe that was born without spots on July 31. The zoo says she may be the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe alive.
by Dustin Jones

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Excessive heat warning for southern, central Minnesota

Excessive heat warning for southern, central Minnesota

Minnesota could set some heat records this week, as the next few days could bring us the first 100-degree day in August in 35 years for the Twin Cities. Here’s what you need to know to beat the heat.
by MPR News Staff

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Video: Mountain lion takes a backyard stroll in Duluth

Video: Mountain lion takes a backyard stroll in Duluth

Nathaniel Smith expected to see a bear when his home webcam pinged him at 3 a.m. Monday to tell him something was in his yard. Instead, he saw a mountain lion darting between his grill and the patio furniture.
by Tim Nelson

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