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Appetites | Climate Cast

The year of the superstorm, a 'net zero' home and how to pick a green car
This week on Climate Cast, MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner discusses 2017's extreme weather events, and we'll hear about what it's like to create a "net zero" home and how to choose a climate-friendly car.
St. Paul teachers want companies, nonprofits to pay more for schools
The teachers union says tax breaks let the city's businesses and nonprofits avoid paying their fair share for schools. Union leaders want the school board to join them in ramping up the pressure. Some companies are not pleased.
Super Bowl surprises for North High School football team
The Minnesota Super Bowl host committee invited the team to join special activities -- and shocked their coach with free tickets to game.
Appetites: At St. Paul mission, 'hope begins with a meal'
This holiday season, the Union Gospel Mission Association of St. Paul will serve up nearly 17,000 meals to the homeless and hungry in the city.
Smith to take Franken's Senate seat, run in 2018
Gov. Mark Dayton confirmed Wednesday that he's chosen Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace resigning Sen. Al Franken in the U.S. Senate. Smith said she will run for the seat in next year's election.
Ice and snow present 'exciting' challenges as MnDOT tests state's first autonomous bus
MnDOT is poised to roll out the state's first autonomous vehicle, a low-speed shuttle it has been testing near Monticello. Self-driving vehicles might still seem a distant possibility, but this one is expected to be on the move in Minneapolis before the Super Bowl in February.
Love it or loathe it, Minnesota's lutefisk tradition lives on
The taste, the texture, and the smell of lutefisk are legendary ... for being repulsive. Still, every Christmas season, Lutheran churches across Minnesota serve thousands of platefuls of the Scandinavian dish -- even if the legions of lutefisk lovers are dwindling.
MN lawmakers press new plan to handle sex harassment complaints
"This workplace has to be a safe workplace. That's our number one goal," said GOP Rep. Marion O'Neill, who along with DFL Rep. John Lesch unveiled a plan to remake the Capitol's sexual harassment reporting system.