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Super Bowl street closures begin in Minneapolis

Super Bowl street closures begin in Minneapolis

The road closures around U.S. Bank stadium come more than a month before the big game.
by Tim Nelson

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Hundreds take plunge into frigid Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day

Hundreds take plunge into frigid Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day

Bitter-cold weather wasn't enough to stop hundreds of people from taking a plunge into Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day.

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Definition mission: A rhyming limerick for each English word

Definition mission: A rhyming limerick for each English word

The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form (or OEDILF for short) has published more than 97,000 rhyming definitions since Chris Strolin started it in 2004.
by The Associated Press

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Appetites: Lynne Rossetto Kasper's final course on the air

Appetites: Lynne Rossetto Kasper's final course on the air

Before her retirement from The Splendid Table, Lynne Rossetto Kasper looks back at 22 years of important discussion, lessons and food.
by MPR News Staff

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Does nixing the individual mandate kill the ACA?

Can a provision in their recently passed tax law effectively kill the Affordable Care Act?
by MPR News Staff

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Happy New Year! Now take a hike

Happy New Year! Now take a hike

All that rest has been fun but now the DNR wants you to get off the couch. It's offering 14 First Day hikes at more than a dozen state parks on New Year's Day as part of a nationwide effort to start 2018 with physical activity.
by Nancy Yang

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Inside the whiskey revolution in northern Minnesota

Inside the whiskey revolution in northern Minnesota

One craft distiller in Hallock, Minn., got a state grant to study how different rye varieties affect taste in whiskey. The results, he says, show promise for the state's booze industry.
by Dan Gunderson

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Memorable stories of 2017

Memorable stories of 2017

It's the time of year when we often look back at the major events and news that shaped 2017. This year we're also sharing some of the stories our reporters, producers and photographers have chosen as their most memorable, if not always the most momentous.
by MPR News Staff

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