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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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Take it from an ER doc: 'Don't challenge nature'

Take it from an ER doc: 'Don't challenge nature'

Winter is really here. Here's what you need to know to keep yourself and your car, if you have one, healthy.
by Cody Nelson

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Ahead of subzero cold, schools call off classes

Ahead of subzero cold, schools call off classes

Several Minnesota schools have announced that they will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to the extremely low temperatures and dangerous wind chills forecasted.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Neil Young plays 3 more shows in Minneapolis this week

The series is part of what Young is calling his Big M Theater Tour — a short solo tour played in historic theaters in cities that begin with "M," including Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Madison.
by MPR News Staff

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Coal no more? Becker bets on natural gas, recycling and, maybe, Google

Coal no more? Becker bets on natural gas, recycling and, maybe, Google

City leaders are trying to imagine a future for Becker without the fossil fuel that put it on the map. They want to diversify the local economy and bring in new businesses so the community won't flounder when the existing Sherco coal units are retired.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Sixty years later, remembering 'The Day the Music Died'

Sixty years later, remembering 'The Day the Music Died'

Sixty years ago this week, the Winter Dance Party concert tour was crisscrossing Minnesota and neighboring states, featuring Ritchie Valens, J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Buddy Holly. Then came "The Day the Music Died."
by Andrew Krueger

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Minnesota was the coldest in the nation this week

Following an unusually warm first half of January, the weather pattern in Minnesota has been dominated by a northwesterly flow of air, and temperatures have generally averaged colder than normal on most days.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Proud Mary' released 50 years ago

John Fogerty wrote the song shortly after being discharged from the National Guard.
by MPR News Staff

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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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