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Money tips for young adults   
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary and MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell about the daunting money challenges facing young adults and early habits that build financial success.
Cuts at St. Cloud State end theater program
Incoming students will no longer be admitted in the theater program but the small group of students currently majoring and minoring in theater are in what is called a teachout year, in which current students will get the classes they need in order to graduate from the university.
What Minnesota campaign veterans will watch for in GOP presidential debate
The presidential race enters a new phase as several Republican hopefuls debate for the first time in Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday. MPR News asked two well-known Minnesotans who have been on that national debate stage what they are thinking as the debate approaches. 
With better adoption prospects, Minnesota shelters see influx of dogs from across the U.S.
Animal shelters in some parts of the U.S. are increasingly being filled to capacity or beyond with dogs. And now more than ever, those animals are streaming into Minnesota in hopes they can find a forever home — here.
'Biking far with friends': Minnesota Randonneurs take 745-mile ride through France
This weekend, 15 members of a Minnesota cycling group will be in France riding in the oldest long-distance road cycling event in the world: The Paris-Brest-Paris. And it’s not a race — it’s a journey.
Minneapolis weighs increasing funding for community violence prevention
Earlier this week, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proposed a $1.8 billion budget which includes an increase in funding for community-driven violence prevention efforts.
Minnesota State Fair will have more cops, cameras and horses
The addition of more cameras, metal detectors, coordination with other agencies are part of a wide-ranging response to public safety challenges on and off the fairgrounds in recent years.
Twin Cities is the first in the nation to get inflation below 2 percent annual rate
In May, the annual inflation rate in the Twin Cities dropped below the Federal Reserve’s two percent target — making it the first major metropolitan area to do so. What’s behind the region’s relative success?