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What does CWD mean for Minnesota deer hunters this year?

Hunters who kill a deer in certain regions of the state will need to get a sample from the deer tested for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. There are also carcass movement restrictions in place for those areas.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ anniversary tour comes to the Palace Theater

In addition to touring with the album, the band marked the anniversary by having the album encoded into DNA and then loaded into a can of spray paint. That can was featured in an exhibition on artificial intelligence at an art museum in London.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Third congressional hearing on ‘forever chemicals’ to focus on corporate accountability

Third congressional hearing on ‘forever chemicals’ to focus on corporate accountability

A former Minnesota attorney general and a 3M executive are testifying in Washington Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee about PFAS — a class of chemicals that have contaminated the drinking water of millions of Americans.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Congregants mourn loss of synagogue and ‘so much history’ in fire

Congregants mourn loss of synagogue and ‘so much history’ in fire

Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire at the 120-year-old synagogue belonging to the Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth.
by Dan Kraker

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Six thrillers for summer’s end

On Mondays, MPR News host Kerri Miller shares her latest book recommendations on MPR’s Morning Edition. This summer, she’s been catching up on thrillers, and passed along a list of six favorites – both old and new.
by MPR News Staff

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Brian Murphy: 'As good a start as you could have' for Vikings

Brian Murphy: 'As good a start as you could have' for Vikings

The Vikings start the season off with a win. MPR News sports commentator Brian Murphy shares his thoughts on the game with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer, and what it might mean for the season.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Images from the Depression offer lessons for today

Images from the Depression offer lessons for today

Organizers say a large show of Depression-era photographs and paintings at the Hillstrom Museum of Art in St. Peter provides some warnings for the future.
by Euan Kerr

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Grim economics wallop ethanol and corn producers

Grim economics wallop ethanol and corn producers

The recent shut down of one of Minnesota’s oldest ethanol plants is a symptom of economic stress in that industry and the corn producers who supply the main ingredient for the biofuel.
by Catharine Richert

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