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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Charlie Parr uses injury to reassess and record

Charlie Parr uses injury to reassess and record

A year after a devastating injury threatened his career, Duluth guitarist Charlie Parr is back with a new album, a new tour and a new understanding of the tunes he plays.
by Euan Kerr

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Twins, Loons clinch post-season berths

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with MPR News sports commentator Brian Murphy about the developments.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Tax time already? Experts urge withholding check to head off headaches

Tax time already? Experts urge withholding check to head off headaches

Some Minnesota taxpayers were caught off guard earlier this year because their withholding didn’t keep up with what they owed. Experts say there’s still time to avoid similar problems next year.
by Brian Bakst

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Art Hounds: Life, death and roller coasters

Art Hounds: Life, death and roller coasters

The Jungle Theater presents “Ride the Cyclone.” Plus, Art Hounds recommend a theatrical ghost tour of New Prague and “Population 485” in Hudson.
by Marianne Combs

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Charlie Parr’s new self-titled album comes out on Friday

It includes a cover of the song “Running, Jumping, Standing Still.” Parr told Folk Alley it was an honor to record the song, with lyrics written by one of his musical heroes: Spider John Koerner.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minnesota cops seize over 76K marijuana vaping cartridges in Anoka County

Minnesota cops seize over 76K marijuana vaping cartridges in Anoka County

Police say the seizure was a “record amount” of the cartridges, and it comes as vaping-related health concerns persist nationwide. Hundreds of illnesses and at least nine deaths, including one in Minnesota, have been tied to vaping.
by Tim Nelson, Matt Sepic and Cody Nelson

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Bodycam video shows St. Paul officer shoot, kill man who ran at him with knife

Bodycam video shows St. Paul officer shoot, kill man who ran at him with knife

St. Paul police on Tuesday released body camera video from the fatal police shooting of a Little Canada man last week. The video shows Ronald Davis with a knife in his right hand coming at officer Steven Mattson as the officer yells for him to drop it.
by Jon Collins

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How close are major mining and pipeline projects in northern Minn. to being approved?

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with MPR News reporter Dan Kraker about the latest rulings regarding the proposed PolyMet and Twin Metals copper nickel mines, and the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project.
by Cathy Wurzer, Dan Kraker and MPR News Staff

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Avril Lavigne plays the State Theatre in Minneapolis

Her latest album, “Head Above Water,” is her first in six years, after she put her career on hold when she contracted Lyme disease.
by Cathy Wurzer

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