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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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Art Hounds: Art that shows up in your mailbox

Art Hounds: Art that shows up in your mailbox

Plus, history comes alive in Lanesboro, Minn., and Theatre 55 stages a new take on the musical "Pippin."
by Marianne Combs

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'We're targeted': Duluth confronts issue of missing Native women as state task force meets

'We're targeted': Duluth confronts issue of missing Native women as state task force meets

Law enforcement and city officials in Duluth have been gripped by the issue of missing and murdered Native women for decades. A new task force will try to tackle the issue statewide.
by Briana Bierschbach

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St. Louis Park man in Syria tells CBS News interviewer he left family to join ISIS

St. Louis Park man in Syria tells CBS News interviewer he left family to join ISIS

Abdelhamid Al-Madioum was 18 when he slipped away from his family while they were on vacation in Morocco. Federal documents say the FBI found a flow chart of how he planned to transfer money through various accounts, as well as a rehearsed story for getting past Turkish border guards.
by Matt Sepic

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Minneapolis introduces no-bail alternative

Minneapolis introduces no-bail alternative

City leaders and criminal justice reformers say the traditional cash bail system unfairly punishes people with jail time before they’ve been convicted by a court.
by Jon Collins

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Ten years since Lucinda Williams got married at First Ave

As Williams later told NPR’s Peter Sagal, her now-husband, manager Tom Overby, was from Minneapolis, so they decided to combine their wedding with a gig there.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'FACT' teams aim to keep people with mental illness out of jail

Cities and counties around the country want alternatives to jail and emergency rooms for people in a mental health crisis. Some, including Ramsey and Hennepin counties, are turning to Forensic Assertive Community Treatment, or FACT, teams which help people find the services they need.
by Alisa Roth

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New documentary traces Minnesota’s country music history

Ken Burns’ new documentary series on country music continues Monday night on PBS. As a companion to that project, Pioneer Public Television has produced its own piece, called “Country Music: Made in Minnesota.”
by Cathy Wurzer

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Keri Pickett's photographic journey returns to Moorhead

Keri Pickett's photographic journey returns to Moorhead

After 40 years photographing around the world, Kerri Pickett returns to her alma mater Minnesota State University Moorhead, where she says she was inspired to become an art photographer.
by Euan Kerr

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ER doc: Stay off electric scooters

ER doc: Stay off electric scooters

Over his 33-year career as an emergency doctor, Dr. Stephen W. Smith has seen a lot. But he’s amazed by the number of e-scooter-related injuries he’s seen this summer at Hennepin Healthcare.
by Brandt Williams

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