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NW Minn. counties make innovative bet on recycling

NW Minn. counties make innovative bet on recycling

A group of northwestern Minnesota counties is betting it will be cheaper in the long term to recycle and then burn the remaining trash they generate, rather than simply burying the trash.
by Dan Gunderson

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How concerned should we be about climate change?

How concerned should we be about climate change?

In September, the UN stated that climate change is the defining issue of our time and that global leaders have until 2020 to come up with solutions. In a recent New York Times op-ed, columnist David Wallace-Wells says it might be time to panic about climate change.
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Googling strangers: One professor's lesson on privacy in public spaces

Googling strangers: One professor's lesson on privacy in public spaces

Kate Klonick asked her law students to try to identify people they came across in public, based solely on what they said and wore. It was surprisingly easy.

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Intelligence Squared debate: The 'Techonomic Cold War' with China

Intelligence Squared debate: The 'Techonomic Cold War' with China

Staged in the Intelligence Squared U.S. "Unresolved" format, this debate brings together five foreign policy luminaries to tackle three pressing questions.
by MPR News Staff

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SpaceX Crew Dragon splashes down in Atlantic Ocean

SpaceX Crew Dragon splashes down in Atlantic Ocean

The craft's splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean hit its expected landing time of 8:45 a.m. ET Friday after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
by Bill Chappell

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Facebook vows to quash anti-vaccine misinformation

Facebook vows to quash anti-vaccine misinformation

The company said ads and other content containing false information about vaccines will be pulled from the platform and accounts that persist in disseminating discredited opinions will be disabled.
by Patti Neighmond and Vanessa Romo

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Uber not criminally liable in death of woman hit by self-driving car, prosecutor says

Uber not criminally liable in death of woman hit by self-driving car, prosecutor says

The woman was walking a bicycle across the road when she was fatally struck by the SUV. The car had a human operator behind the wheel but was in computer control mode at the time of the crash.

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