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New Pluto pictures are out of this world

New Pluto pictures are out of this world

Stunning new images of Pluto reveal a "bewildering" wide range of surface features and landforms.

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Vote to reject Iran nuclear deal fails, handing victory to Obama

Vote to reject Iran nuclear deal fails, handing victory to Obama

The final vote tally was 58-42. Following the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted his Democratic colleagues, asking why they are protecting the president from having to issue a veto.
by Brakkton Booker

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Strong chance of Northern Lights tonight across Minnesota

Strong chance of Northern Lights tonight across Minnesota

The Space Weather Prediction Center is predicting Northern Lights tonight after midnight with a peak between 3 a.m. and dawn.
by MPR News Staff

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Bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres 'gleam with mystery,' NASA says

Bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres 'gleam with mystery,' NASA says

New images of the dwarf planet Ceres give fresh detail to its most intriguing features: a cluster of bright spots that are intensely different from anything else on Ceres' surface.

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In loaded launch event, new Apple TV may merit closest look

In loaded launch event, new Apple TV may merit closest look

While Apple's new phones and tablet mostly follow the faster-bigger-sharper formula, Apple TV's voice functionality and app ecosystem could be a breakthrough.
by Laura Sydell

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South African cave yields strange bones of early human-like species

South African cave yields strange bones of early human-like species

Deep inside a rocky chamber, reached by a narrow crevice, researchers found more than 1,500 fossilized bones of what may be the gravesite of a creature never before identified by science.

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MN health officials: Lab tech's 'misconduct' triggers water quality probe

Officials are investigating two years of state water quality testing, including data connected to water systems in Edina, St. Louis Park and Brooklyn Center. Officials say there's no immediate health risk.
by MPR News Staff

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Stonehenge has a new (old) neighbor: Row of huge stones found nearby

Stonehenge has a new (old) neighbor: Row of huge stones found nearby

In the biggest find yet in a project to map the landscape near Stonehenge, researchers have found a row of up to 90 standing stones -- some of them nearly 15 feet tall.

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