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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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The changing outdoors under a warming climate

The changing outdoors under a warming climate

It's an outdoorsy Climate Cast this week -- fall colors, national parks and a hunter's story.
by Paul Huttner

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September goes out like an ice cube

Freezing temperatures are likely across much of the state this weekend. With that, parts of northern Minnesota could see snow flurries -- yes, snow -- mixed with rain.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Massacre clouds story of the soldier on Minnesota's pedestal

Massacre clouds story of the soldier on Minnesota's pedestal

Josias King, honored as the first soldier to volunteer for the Union, was a close aide to the commander of an Indian massacre.
by Eric Ringham

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EpiPen shortage fraying nerves of parents with allergic kids

EpiPen shortage fraying nerves of parents with allergic kids

The FDA says it understands families and communities may be experiencing shortages of EpiPens, but that the EpiPen and similar lifesaving products are available, though people may have to hunt for them.
by Martin Moylan

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St. Thomas law prof, Kavanaugh classmate calls for probe into accusations

The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to "set the pause button and have the FBI go out and investigate," Mark Osler told MPR News Wednesday. Osler initially endorsed Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minneapolis professor, a Holocaust survivor, reacquires his German citizenship

Minneapolis professor, a Holocaust survivor, reacquires his German citizenship

Fred Amram, a Holocaust survivor now living in Minneapolis, took a step that acknowledged a past and represented a hope for the future. At age 85, the retired professor became a citizen of Germany.
by Peter Cox

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South African's memoir details a life of not belonging

South African's memoir details a life of not belonging

In "Always Another Country," Sisonke Msimang retraces the steps that led her to St. Paul and beyond.
by Euan Kerr

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Remembering retired Star Tribune journalist Barbara Flanagan

Flanagan was a newspaperwoman at a time when few women worked at newspapers, and her career was as long as her interests were broad. She died Monday at the age of 94.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Sinclair Lewis inspired Harper Valley PTA

"Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley was number one on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago this week.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Country's newest solar factory opens on the Iron Range

Country's newest solar factory opens on the Iron Range

The first solar panel factory to open in the U.S. in 2018 started production last week in Mountain Iron, Minn. Three other solar manufacturers have closed in Minnesota since last year. But there's hope this factory will buck the trend.
by Dan Kraker

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