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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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Dayton presses water, rail, public safety upgrades in projects plan
Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday unveiled his plan for $1.4 billion in Minnesota public works construction, kicking off the coming legislative debate on this year's bonding bill.
First-graders' words of support score with Vikings' Walsh
The disappointed kicker's crucial miss on Sunday brought letters of encouragement from nearly 100 young fans.
MN Orchestra gets back to Beethoven basics
Classical MPR's Brian Newhouse tells Tom Crann that Osmo Vanska has taken the "radical" step of going back to Beethoven's scores.
Why are no two snowflakes the same?
From a distance, snowflakes may all look the same, but they are not. In fact, there are lots of different shapes of snowflakes -- not just those classic star shapes you might try to replicate with paper cutouts.
Dayton releases $220M wish list for water quality upgrades
The governor says boosting Minnesota's water quality will be a top priority for his final three years in office.
Feeling lucky, Hmong merchants dip a toe in the Powerball pool
The vendors at St. Paul's Hmong Village shopping center typically aren't lottery players. But a $1.5 billion jackpot is a powerful lure. Some have big plans for how they'd share it.
Appetites: The January (or February) ratio
After the holidays, chef and cookbook author Amy Thielen adopts something she calls "hedonism in moderation."