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What makes a job worth doing?

What makes a job worth doing?

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a business ethicist who says instead of asking, “What is the meaning of life?” we should ask, “What is the meaning of work?”
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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Morning Announcements for Nov. 21

Morning Announcements for Nov. 21

Here are the morning announcements for Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
by MPR News Staff

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Morning Announcements for Nov. 19 and Nov. 20

Morning Announcements for Nov. 19 and Nov. 20

Here are the morning announcements for Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.
by MPR News Staff

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Friendly snowy owl joins Great Lakes ship crew

Friendly snowy owl joins Great Lakes ship crew

A friendly snowy owl landed on the Great Lakes freighter James R. Barker on Monday, much to the crew’s delight.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants

Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants

Minnesota cannabis regulators say they’ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the state’s first legal marijuana businesses. But the Office of Cannabis Management is facing pushback this week after it rejected around two-thirds of the applicants it deemed ineligible.
by Matt Sepic

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Turning pages through time: St. Paul’s Red Balloon Bookshop celebrates its 40th year

Turning pages through time: St. Paul’s Red Balloon Bookshop celebrates its 40th year

The Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul celebrates 40 years as a beloved community hub for children’s books, storytimes and local literary events, weathering challenges like eBooks, Amazon and the pandemic.
by Emily Bright

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Thrills on the wing: Sandhill cranes fill the skies at a Minnesota wildlife refuge

Thrills on the wing: Sandhill cranes fill the skies at a Minnesota wildlife refuge

For the past few weeks, there has been a distinctive rattling rising from the wetland around the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, about an hour’s drive north of the Twin Cities metro. It’s the sound of thousands of sandhill cranes gathering to rest and feed before migrating south for the winter.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Border agents lay out a day of horror leading to the discovery of a frozen family

Border agents lay out a day of horror leading to the discovery of a frozen family

Tuesday in the Federal Courthouse in Fergus Falls prosecutors began laying out their case against two men accused of human smuggling which resulted in the death of an entire family.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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First phase of massive Sherco Solar project now generating electricity

First phase of massive Sherco Solar project now generating electricity

The first phase of the $1.1 billion Sherco Solar project was connected to the electrical grid in late October. When the next two phases are completed over the next two years, the project will produce enough energy to power about 150,000 homes.
by Kirsti Marohn

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