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All Things Considered with Clay Masters is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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Is Cleveland a model for med-tech success in Rochester?
Cleveland Clinic has helped draw businesses, investor money and millennials to that city's medical-technology hub. Mayo Clinic and Rochester leaders see it as a recipe they can bring to Minnesota.
Art Hounds: Pirates, poetry and a roller derby queen
This week, the Art Hounds recommend the plays "The Privateer" and "Roller Derby Queen" and the podcast "Interesting People Reading Poetry."
Appetites: Oh deer! Venison meatballs with cherry BBQ sauce
Do you know what you're going to do with your deer after hunting season is over? Chef Jon Wipfli has some suggestions.
Transgender candidates win Mpls. City Council seats, make history
Minneapolis voters chose two transgender candidates to the council: Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham. They are the first out transgender candidates elected to a major American city council. Cunningham defeated City Council president Barb Johnson.
St. Paul mayor candidates draw distinctions, address critics
MPR News host Tom Weber led a two-hour debate on Thursday with Melvin Carter, Elizabeth Dickinson, Tom Goldstein, Pat Harris and Dai Thao.
Art Hounds: Ballet, flamenco and resurrected poets
This week on Art Hounds: James Sewell Ballet performs with the Ahn Trio, poets return from the dead to compete with one another, and "A Night in Andalusia" offers Flamenco dance and music.
How Russian-backed agitation online spilled into the real world in 2016
Facebook, Twitter and Google faced questions from the Senate and House Intelligence Committees on Wednesday. It's the second day of testimony for lawyers from the three online platforms.
'Vampire of the Great Lakes' still haunts Lake Superior fish
The sea lamprey has been one of the most destructive nonnative species to invade the Great Lakes. While a control program has helped revive fish populations, lamprey numbers are on the rebound in Lake Superior.
Best place for winter camping? Try Antarctica
In 2000, MPR News got a call from Antarctica. It was explorer Ann Bancroft describing the mostly pleasant weather her and her partner Liv Arnesen experienced on their way to the South Pole.