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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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Shadowy exhibits added to Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Shadowy exhibits added to Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Artists Seitu Jones and Ta-coumba Aiken have installed a series of shadow representations in the sidewalks commemorating Minneapolitans the artists consider significant but overlooked.
by Euan Kerr

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Pollinator-friendly solar energy becomes the norm in Minnesota

Pollinator-friendly solar energy becomes the norm in Minnesota

The trend toward seeding pollinator-friendly plants at solar energy sites continues in Minnesota at Connexus Energy's new solar-plus-battery-storage project in Ramsey, Minn.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Art Hounds: Peeling back the brick walls of Theatre in the Round

Art Hounds: Peeling back the brick walls of Theatre in the Round

This week on Art Hounds: a new mural fools the eye, a play takes a man's love for his dog to extremes and an art exhibition explores Rondo neighborhood's vibrant history.
by Marianne Combs

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U Twin Cities undergrad tuition to top $15K next school year

U Twin Cities undergrad tuition to top $15K next school year

Regents Wednesday approved a budget that includes a 2 percent increase in resident tuition for Minnesota undergraduates, pushing the price tag to $15,027 in tuition and fees. The trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system also approved 3 percent tuition increases.
by Matt Sepic and Nina Moini

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Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?

Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?

University of Minnesota researchers developed a tractor engine that can run on a mixture of diesel fuel and anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen fertilizer.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minn. leaders meet to address threats to lakes, rivers

Threats to Minnesota's lakes and rivers, and how to best combat them, brought people from around the state together in Walker this week.
by Paul Huttner

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Court documents: Accused Minn. mosque bombing plotter attempted to escape

Court documents: Accused Minn. mosque bombing plotter attempted to escape

Federal prosecutors say that an Illinois man accused of firebombing a suburban Twin Cities mosque tried to escape from custody while being transported to Minnesota.
by Matt Sepic

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Audio postcard: The flowers of Minnesota's old-growth northern forest

Audio postcard: The flowers of Minnesota's old-growth northern forest

The latest dispatch from wildflower experts Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo comes from the Lost 40, a plot of old-growth red and white pines in the Chippewa National Forest.
by Phil Picardi

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