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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.

Morning Announcements | Weather chats with Mark Seeley | Parting Thoughts

'It's a challenge, but that's what I'm here for'

'It's a challenge, but that's what I'm here for'

Five years since its founding, Twin Cities nonprofit Mile in My Shoes continues to forge bonds between people who are homeless or living in halfway houses, and mentors from the local running community. Those partnerships were on display Sunday at a 5K race.
by Marcheta Fornoff

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Twin Cities vocal group Cantus covers Joni Mitchell

In previous years, they've sung songs by the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Fleetwood Mac.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Seeley: It's the latest crop planting season in 40 years

Cool, soggy weather this spring is making it tough for Minnesota farmers to get seeds in the ground. Historically tough.
by Cathy Wurzer

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MN man carries family ties to France to re-enact D-Day parachute jump

MN man carries family ties to France to re-enact D-Day parachute jump

Paratrooper Lambert Johnson jumped into France on D-Day and fought in the battles to take back Europe from the Nazis. Next week his grandnephew, St. Louis County sheriff's deputy Warren Johnson, will jump from the same plane in the 75th anniversary re-enactment.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minnesota's new CWD measures: Will they work?

Minnesota's new CWD measures: Will they work?

Chronic wasting disease was a contentious topic this legislative session. The measures passed during a special session last weekend came with heavy compromise, but experts say it was a good start.
by John Enger

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So, how old aria? Minnesota Opera's newest work targets tots

So, how old aria? Minnesota Opera's newest work targets tots

The Minnesota Opera takes the expression "start 'em young" just about as far as it can this weekend with its latest production, "Nooma." It's "an opera for babies," but don't call it that.
by Euan Kerr

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Researchers: Heat illnesses send teens, younger adults to ERs more than others

Researchers: Heat illnesses send teens, younger adults to ERs more than others

When the heat arrives, health officials usually warn of the dangers to the elderly and young, but new research suggests another group may be at risk as well: people age 15 to 34 -- particularly boys and young men.
by Matt Sepic

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Farewell to MPR's own Bob Collins

Farewell to MPR's own Bob Collins

Sometimes you hear the phrase, "it's the end of an era," and you think, "yeah, right." Well, here at Minnesota Public Radio, it truly is the end of an era. Bob Collins is retiring.
by MPR News Staff

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