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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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Parents demand answers after sex offender found on school bus

Authorities in St. Paul arrested and later released a registered sex offender allegedly caught hiding on a school bus as it was taking a group of young children back from a field trip. No children were harmed, but a parent who was aboard the bus said the incident was unsettling.
by Matt Sepic

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A busy week ahead at the state Capitol

Budgets, bonding and the economic forecast have all been in the news of late. The pace continues this week, as legislators work to meet upcoming deadlines to approve bills.
by Cathy Wurzer and Briana Bierschbach

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Anglers struggle to retrieve frozen ice houses after festival

Anglers struggle to retrieve frozen ice houses after festival

Minnesota anglers are struggling to retrieve their ice houses ahead of the Department of Natural Resources' removal deadlines this month. On Leech Lake, 50 ice houses are stranded in frozen slush.
by John Enger

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It's official: February 2019 was the snowiest in state history

According to retired University of Minnesota meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley, Owatonna saw 52.5 inches of snow, beating the previous February record of 51 inches set in 1939.
by Cathy Wurzer

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40 years since Rod Stewart topped the pop chart with 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?'

Stewart wrote in his autobiography that he was aware that he ripped the song's synthesizer riff from a Bobby Womack tune called "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down on It," but claimed that it's okay to borrow a piece of someone else's arrangement as long as it's not the core melody.
by Cathy Wurzer

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4 questions in Mohamed Noor trial that may get answered Friday

4 questions in Mohamed Noor trial that may get answered Friday

A pretrial hearing in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor will mark the last major step before Noor's trial in the shooting death of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk. Here's what might be decided on Friday.
by Jon Collins

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Mpls. council to vote on Upper Harbor Terminal plan, some say it's too soon

Mpls. council to vote on Upper Harbor Terminal plan, some say it's too soon

The Minneapolis City Council is expected to vote Friday on a plan to develop land north of downtown on the Mississippi River. But some north Minneapolis residents don't agree with some parts of the plan and feel ignored in the process.
by Gabriel Kwan

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All that February snow spells higher spring flood risk

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued its initial spring flood outlook for the Minnesota, Upper Mississippi, and western Wisconsin river basins, showing a higher than usual flood potential.
by Cathy Wurzer

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