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'It takes a crisis': How '73 oil embargo fueled change In US

'It takes a crisis': How '73 oil embargo fueled change In US

Americans started thinking differently about U.S. dependence on imported oil 40 years ago Sunday. Decades later, the U.S. is in the midst of a homegrown energy boom.

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State seeks input on frac sand regulations

An oversight board is developing rules for mining, processing and transporting silica sand - used in hydraulic fracturing.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Charges possible for toppled ancient Utah rock

Utah authorities are considering pressing charges against a Boy Scouts leader who purposely knocked over an ancient Utah desert rock formation and the two men who cheered him on.

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Pipeline to nowhere in southwest Minnesota?

For Minnesota, the Lewis and Clark water project could become a pipeline to nowhere.
by Mark Steil

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Voyageurs National Park reopens as shutdown ends

Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota is reopening to visitors, now that the federal government shutdown is over.

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State wolf hunt continues to divide

State wolf hunt continues to divide

The Department of Natural Resources has cut the number of wolves that hunters can kill this year, which frustrates hunters and trappers. But Native American groups and the Humane Society want to see the hunt stopped altogether.
by Dan Kraker

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Historian Annette Atkins on learning the history of your town

Historian Annette Atkins on learning the history of your town

Part 1: Annette Atkins says every place has a history, and you can learn about a town and its people by closely observing the world around you. Hear Professor Atkins's talk "Walking Through Our Past: History on the Ground (the Water?)" given October 11, 2013 in Stillwater, Minnesota's oldest town. It was a program of the University of St. Thomas Selim Center for Learning in Later Years. Part 2: Stephanie Hemphill's reports on the birds and moose of Minnesota.

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DNR to review proposed taconite mine expansion in northeast Minn.

Northshore Mining wants to expand its Peter Mitchell Mine south of Babbitt, Minn. Environmental groups, arguing the expansion could cause acid mine drainage, petitioned the Department of Natural Resources for an environmental assessment.
by Dan Kraker

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Scientists doubt N. Dakota oil spill estimates

Scientists doubt N. Dakota oil spill estimates

Scientists who helped calculate oil spilled from a broken BP well into the Gulf of Mexico are questioning the methodology used to estimate the amount of crude that recently leaked from a ruptured pipeline into a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota.

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Wisconsin authorizes more kills in second wolf hunting season

Wisconsin's goal is to reduce the population of gray wolves from its current level of more than 800, down to 350. Hunt opponents say 350 wolves is too few to maintain a sustainable population.
by Dan Kraker

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