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April 1, 2019 6:11 AM

In an increasingly polarized America, is it possible to be civil on social media?

Tyler and Larry have never met. But almost every day for the last few years, they get into a fight on Twitter.

by Jasmine Garsd

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April 1, 2019 6:03 AM

One woman wants to create this: Insert Afro emoji here

Writer Rhianna Jones is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro.

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Amanda Morris

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March 28, 2019 8:52 AM

$2 million Powerball ticket sold in Minnesota

The ticket that matched all five white balls drawn Wednesday night, but missed the Powerball, is good for $2 million. That's because the player chose the Power Play option to double the prize for those numbers.

by The Associated Press

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March 28, 2019 5:20 AM

Winning $768M Powerball ticket sold in Wisconsin

The $768.4 million is the third-largest behind the world record $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016, and the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in South Carolina last October.

by The Associated Press

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March 27, 2019 3:22 PM

Appetites: Who owns Asian food?

Andrea Nguyen, author of James Beard Award Winning cookbook "The Pho Cookbook," will take part in the upcoming star-studded discussion, "Insiders or Outsiders: Who Owns Asian Food?" in Minneapolis next month. Here she shares her recipe from her new book, "Vietnamese Food Any Day."

by Tom Crann, Kyle Shiely and Megan Burks

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March 27, 2019 1:02 PM

Women of faith: Nadia Bolz-Weber on the church, shame and sex

Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber describes why she thinks the Christian faith is overdue for a sexual reformation.

by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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March 24, 2019 5:10 PM

Need a can't-miss wheel of cheese? Try playing it some hip-hop

Researchers exposed cheese to different genres of music for 24 hours a day over six months to find out that hip-hop might create the tastiest cheese.

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Lindsey Feingold

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March 22, 2019 6:03 PM

Minnesota Boat Club moves watercraft, equipment in advance of high water on Mississippi River

As the Mississippi River flows ever higher, those nearby have to move out of the way. Opposite downtown St. Paul, a rowing club on an island in the river has to pack up.

by Peter Cox

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March 22, 2019 5:14 PM

Abandon houseboat? Ice and rising water threaten Latsch Island lifestyle

Some residents of Winona's Latsch Island houseboat community in southeast Minnesota might have to abandon ship. River ice, snowpack and rising waters are threatening to overwhelm some of the houseboats, which residents prefer to call "boathouses."

by Evan Frost