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Appetites | Climate Cast

Art Hounds: Cantus and Joe Sinness' 'Fey' drawings

Art Hounds: Cantus and Joe Sinness' 'Fey' drawings

This week on Art Hounds: Cantus sings about love, photographs of wild horses and Joe Sinness' "Fey" drawings.
by Marianne Combs

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Oil train traffic jumps in downtown Minneapolis

Oil train traffic jumps in downtown Minneapolis

BNSF has sharply increased the number of trains loaded with North Dakota crude oil passing through downtown Minneapolis. BNSF says it's only temporary but the move concerns city leaders.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Appetites: Savoring and favoring squash

Appetites: Savoring and favoring squash

The key ingredient in a memorable pumpkin pie is squash, not pumpkin, says chef, TV personality and author Amy Thielen.
by Tom Crann

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Fire trucks or firefighters? Brainerd cuts show tough choices

Fire trucks or firefighters? Brainerd cuts show tough choices

How do you structure fire departments to meet public safety -- and a budget? It's a question many Minnesota cities are asking. Brainerd is taking a different tack.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota organizers to speak at White House labor summit

Minnesota organizers to speak at White House labor summit

The two Minnesotans who'll speak lead groups of low-wage workers including fast food employees and janitors, people who typically haven't been represented by organized labor.
by Jon Collins

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Money, race, politics tangle northern Minnesota land deal

Money, race, politics tangle northern Minnesota land deal

When lawmakers killed White Earth Nation's request to buy land using state Legacy Amendment funds, they said it was about taxes. Critics say it's about keeping tribes from owning land.
by Dan Gunderson

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Data show blacks struggling in MN, but picture incomplete

Data show blacks struggling in MN, but picture incomplete

New Census numbers show black Minnesotans worse off economically in 2014 than they were the year before, but those figures don't tell the whole story of what's happening.
by Doualy Xaykaothao

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Environmental group: Throttle back motorized Boundary Waters trips

Environmental group: Throttle back motorized Boundary Waters trips

Montana-based Wilderness Watch is suing the U.S. Forest Service, arguing the agency is letting outfitters run too many motorized boats into Minnesota's Boundary Waters.
by Dan Kraker

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