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Last chance review: 'Handprints' at the History Theatre
“Handprints,” starring Greta Oglesby and based on her life, offers a unique blend of musical, song cycle and TED talk elements.
University of Minnesota names three presidential finalists
The university’s Board of Regents whittled down the number of candidates from four to three in a meeting Friday. 
St. Paul rec center shooter gets 10 years in plea deal
A Ramsey County judge on Friday handed a decadelong sentence to a former St. Paul recreation center employee who shot and critically wounded a teenager last year. During a fight with a group of teens at the Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, Exavir Dwayne Binford Jr. pulled out a gun and shot JuVaughn Turner, then 16, in his forehead.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said 33-year-old Jerry Jones of Willmar was shot multiple times. He’s currently in the hospital in stable condition.
Despite record warmth and no snowfall, the world’s fastest cross-country skiers are still coming to Minneapolis
Despite a historically warm winter and hardly any natural snowfall, organizers of the first World Cup cross-country ski race to be held in the U.S. in more than 20 years are moving ahead with the race scheduled for Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis next weekend.
Cube Critics talk about ‘Argylle’ and ‘Meat Raffle’
Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber discuss “Argylle” and “Meat Raffle.” Plus a Cube Critics extra: An interview with “Meat Raffle” filmmaker Aimee Chenal.
On the Galapagos Islands, MPR’s Sven Sundgaard sees signs El Niño may be ebbing
Finishing up a trip to the Galapagos Islands, MPR News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard says there are signs the El Niño climate pattern that’s been delivering a historically warm winter to Minnesota may be preparing to break down.
Students, activists protest U of M prison labor purchases
The University of Minnesota has purchased furniture and laundry services from MINNCOR Industries, a program run by the state Department of Corrections that employs incarcerated people.