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Appetites | Climate Cast

Art Hounds: Land, industry and the environment meet in 'Beautiful Sky'

Art Hounds: Land, industry and the environment meet in 'Beautiful Sky'

Alexa Horochowski combines photography, sculpture, video and prints to create a nuanced examination of our relationship with the land in "Beautiful Sky." Plus, Art Hounds recommend "Miss Myrna Davenport's Poetry in Motion" and the Jungle Theater's remount of "The Wolves."
by Marianne Combs

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Immigration-sparked shutdown adds to court backlog

Immigration-sparked shutdown adds to court backlog

With the government in limbo, immigration courts are unable to process many of the cases awaiting action.
by Riham Feshir

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Most TSA workers at MSP showing for work, even without pay

Most TSA workers at MSP showing for work, even without pay

More than 90 percent of the agency's local employees are still showing up for work, even though they're not getting paid, said the Transportation Security Administration's federal security director in Minnesota.
by Tom Crann and Martin Moylan

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House committee approves 'hands-free' cellphone bill

House committee approves 'hands-free' cellphone bill

Minnesotans who have lost loved ones in crashes involving distracted drivers are urging lawmakers to pass a hands-free cellphone requirement this year to prevent similar tragedies.
by Tim Pugmire

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Rural hospitals retreat from delivering babies; small towns pay the price

Rural hospitals retreat from delivering babies; small towns pay the price

For medical and financial reasons, a growing number of rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies. That's adding risks to rural birth, and making it that much harder to keep people in small-town Minnesota. Grand Marais sees that firsthand.
by Catharine Richert

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Photos: Minnesotans celebrate MLK Day

Photos: Minnesotans celebrate MLK Day

The state's 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul also celebrated women of color in science, technology, engineering and math.
by Christine T. Nguyen

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'Sold!' Auctioneers compete in Moorhead

'Sold!' Auctioneers compete in Moorhead

The Minnesota State Auctioneers Association is meeting in Moorhead, Minn., this week. Last night they named their new champion auctioneer.
by Dan Gunderson

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Flu season ramps up across Minnesota

Flu season ramps up across Minnesota

This year's strain of flu is milder and public health officials think more people have gotten vaccinated.
by John Enger

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How Germany got to 40 percent renewable electricity

How Germany got to 40 percent renewable electricity

Emissions are on pace to fall 62 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. That's an unthinkable greenhouse gas reduction pace here in the U.S. But in Germany, many say that's not fast enough.
by Paul Huttner

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