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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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Soccer: Salve for struggling neighborhood of immigrants

Soccer: Salve for struggling neighborhood of immigrants

A soccer field is the first big project of the Meadow Park Initiative, a new community organizing effort in Rochester aimed at building trust, safety and stability in a neighborhood where Somali and Latino immigrants have come together from opposite sides of the globe to build their lives in America.
by Catharine Richert

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Minneapolis Fed debuts at State Fair amid economic turmoil

Minneapolis Fed debuts at State Fair amid economic turmoil

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has a booth at the Minnesota State Fair for the first time this year. The bank is making its debut amid roiling financial markets, fears of recession and a slew of attacks on the Federal Reserve from President Trump.
by Mark Zdechlik

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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic plays the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand

Over the years, Yankovic has written several songs that appeal particularly to Minnesotans – from “Spam” to “The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota.”
by Cathy Wurzer

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Great Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water to curb invasive species

Great Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water to curb invasive species

Canadian regulators want “lakers” to treat ballast water by 2024. Environmentalists are pushing for similar U.S. rules. Industry groups argue it would cost them hundreds of millions of dollars and grind business to a halt.

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40 years since Chic was No. 1 on the Billboard chart with ‘Good Times’

The song was influential as well as popular: Chic’s bass player, Bernard Edwards, told the “New Musical Express” that he taught his counterpart in Queen the bass line, which ended up in “Another One Bites the Dust.”
by Cathy Wurzer

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Wrapping up Minnesota’s most interesting weather so far this year

It’s only August, but 2019 has already seen a range of weather records and notable events—from the snowiest February in state history, to recent reports of rare grapefruit-sized hail (Clear Lake in July, and Delano in August).
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minnesota group to be part of 400th anniversary of slavery commemoration

The Twin Cities-based group The Sounds of Blackness will be in Hampton, Va. this weekend to participate in a commemoration of 400th anniversary of the first enslaved people arriving from Africa in what would become the United States. There are a series of events planned at Fort Monroe which is near where the first ship arrived. The Sounds of Blackness and Common will be featured in a concert that will take place tomorrow night. MPR News’ Tim Nelson caught up with the group as it rehearsed this week and talked to music director Gary Hines.

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