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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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Lawmakers look to boost funding to address farmer stress, suicide

Lawmakers look to boost funding to address farmer stress, suicide

The Minnesota House agriculture committee heard Thursday from a Kittson County farmer who lost her husband and from a counselor who gets calls seven days a week from those in need.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Erik Johansson's impossible images delight and provoke thought

Erik Johansson's impossible images delight and provoke thought

A new show of surreal photography at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis features the work of a self-taught artist with a wild imagination.
by Euan Kerr

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A return to Superior's ice, this time without her husband but with women angler community

A return to Superior's ice, this time without her husband but with women angler community

Members of the Women Ice Angler Project are on the frozen surface of Lake Superior this weekend to celebrate a demographic the sport has historically ignored. And for one of the group's founders, going out on the Lake Superior ice has been an especially emotional journey.
by Dan Kraker

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Will Sen. Klobuchar run for president in 2020? Here's the outlook from Iowa.

Minnesota's senior senator says she has not yet made a final decision about whether to run, but she has been visible in Iowa recently. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Des Moines Register political editor Rachel Stassen-Berger about Sen. Klobuchar's profile in the state.
by Cathy Wurzer

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2 plead guilty in Minnesota mosque bombing

2 plead guilty in Minnesota mosque bombing

Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris pleaded guilty Thursday to bombing the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington in 2017. McWhorter allegedly told police he wanted to scare Muslims from the country.
by Matt Sepic

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British prog-rock band Yes topped the Billboard chart 35 years ago with 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'

The song actually came about after the band broke up, when several former Yes members got together to form another band, called Cinema. Their new guitarist had written "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as a demo.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Art Hounds: Land, industry and the environment meet in 'Beautiful Sky'

Art Hounds: Land, industry and the environment meet in 'Beautiful Sky'

Alexa Horochowski combines photography, sculpture, video and prints to create a nuanced examination of our relationship with the land in "Beautiful Sky." Plus, Art Hounds recommend "Miss Myrna Davenport's Poetry in Motion" and the Jungle Theater's remount of "The Wolves."
by Marianne Combs

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Former U President Nils Hasselmo dies, university says

Former U President Nils Hasselmo dies, university says

Former University of Minnesota President Nils Hasselmo died Wednesday, current U President Eric Kaler confirmed. He was 87.
by Peter Cox

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Did climate change bankrupt an electric company?

Did climate change bankrupt an electric company?

A major California electric utility is filing for bankruptcy, and climate change may be the culprit.
by Paul Huttner

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Wes Urbaniak comes to the Warming House in Minneapolis

Urbaniak hails from Billings, Mont., where he also builds guitars. He plays the Warming House Wednesday night.
by Cathy Wurzer

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