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Debate over copper mining near Boundary Waters heats up again

Debate over copper mining near Boundary Waters heats up again

"Copper kills jobs," Steve Piragis, owner of Piragis Northwoods Company in Ely, told the crowd in Duluth. "In Ely, we have hundreds of people who are employed in the business of fresh water, clean water, that brings people to us."
by Dan Kraker

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Appetites: Surly winterizes Swedish summer party

Appetites: Surly winterizes Swedish summer party

Kraftskivan is normally a traditional Scandinavian party that takes place outdoors in the balmy summer weather. Not at Surly.
by Tom Crann

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Walz: Customs officials refused to discuss travel ban

Walz: Customs officials refused to discuss travel ban

When U.S. Rep. Tim Walz tried getting details on President Trump's recent executive order, customs officials wouldn't talk.
by Tom Crann and Cody Nelson

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Hallberg's Picture of Health: Incremental medicine

MPR News regular medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg explains what "incremental medicine" is and if it can be life-saving, as a recent article making its way through medical circles has claimed.
by Tom Crann

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Former official on refugees, migration talks Trump's orders

Former official on refugees, migration talks Trump's orders

For more insight and analysis of President Trump's order on immigration and refugees, Eric P. Schwartz visited the MPR News studios to share his expertise.
by MPR News Staff

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One wheely unusual winter commute: Man unicycles through Minneapolis

One wheely unusual winter commute: Man unicycles through Minneapolis

Dan Hansen has been riding to work on his unicycle almost every day for the last three and a half years. "I don't think there's any poor weather to ride a unicycle in," he said.
by Tracy Mumford

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Racial hatred or self-defense? Scarsella case goes to jury

Racial hatred or self-defense? Scarsella case goes to jury

There's no question Allen Scarsella shot five black men in north Minneapolis who had been protesting the police killing of Jamar Clark. But was it a crime? A jury began deliberating on Tuesday.
by Brandt Williams

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MN School of Business, Globe U. fraud leaves broken dreams, big debt

MN School of Business, Globe U. fraud leaves broken dreams, big debt

"Imagine everything that you've worked for three to five years, and one day somebody said all that work was for nothing," said criminal justice student Perry Schramm.
by Peter Cox

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State computers are easy prey for hackers, officials warn

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is a proposing a $125 million technology upgrade for state government, including tighter cybersecurity protections.
by Tim Pugmire

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From the archives: The joys of ice fishing

From the archives: The joys of ice fishing

For Jay King and his wife, ice fishing is a game of cribbage, a thermos of coffee, and a long afternoon in their cabin-sized fish house on Lake Mille Lacs.
by MPR News Staff

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