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Senate votes to repeal ethanol tax credits

Senate votes to repeal ethanol tax credits

Ethanol producers lost a battle in the U.S. Senate Thursday when senators voted to end a 45-cent per gallon tax credit on the corn-based fuel.
by Curtis Gilbert and Madeleine Baran

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Minnesota research project focuses on saving tiny songbird

Minnesota research project focuses on saving tiny songbird

Nearly half the golden-winged warblers in the world are in northern Minnesota right now for the summer breeding season, and the tiny birds have become the subjects of a two-year research project that could help determine whether they should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
by Dan Gunderson

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Photos: Saving the golden-winged warbler

Photos: Saving the golden-winged warbler

Nearly half the golden-winged warblers in the world are in northern Minnesota right now for the summer breeding season, and the tiny birds have become the subjects of a two-year research project that could help determine whether they should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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Grand Rapids audience shows support for wolf delisting

Grand Rapids audience shows support for wolf delisting

Nearly 200 people attended the meeting, which was organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to learn more about the latest plan to delist wolves.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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St. Paul announces plan for riverfront makeover

St. Paul announces plan for riverfront makeover

The city of St. Paul has unveiled a sweeping plan for redeveloping the city's Mississippi riverfront. The renovation plan calls for a dramatic makeover that would make the area more natural, more urban and more connected. Don Ganje, the city's projects manager, talked with MPR's Tom Crann about the plan.
by Tom Crann

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Feds hold hearing tonight on wolf delisting

Feds hold hearing tonight on wolf delisting

The federal government will hold a public information meeting Tuesday evening in Grand Rapids on its plan to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Scientists come together to combat wheat rust

Wheat rust is an age-old fungus that scientists say spreads through fields, turning healthy wheat crops black. The fungus plagues farmlands in east Africa but has the potential to spread to other continents.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Reliving a childhood adventure for a serious cause

Reliving a childhood adventure for a serious cause

Years after a canoe trip from St. Cloud to Hudson Bay, Todd Foster and Scott Miller reunite for a shorter jaunt -- an eight-day journey from Lake Osakis to St. Cloud to promote the Sauk River.

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