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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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June weather roundup: hot, and getting hotter

The results are more or less in: This June has been among the 10 warmest in state history. This weekend looks to cap it all off — stay safe out there!
by Cathy Wurzer

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Line 3 opponents girding for fight over approved pipeline

Line 3 opponents girding for fight over approved pipeline

"Minnesota did not want Standing Rock, but this is their Standing Rock. They will have it," said Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth. "They could have done the right thing, and they would not have this conflict. But be prepared, because we are preparing."
by Dan Kraker

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Pawlenty keeps corporate posts amid race for governor

Pawlenty keeps corporate posts amid race for governor

During his years away from the governor's office, Tim Pawlenty joined nine corporate boards. He's still on two as he campaigns for a return to the Minnesota governor's office.
by Brian Bakst

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Buddy Guy to sing the blues at the Minnesota Zoo

Guy has a new album, "The Blues is Alive and Well," but he recently told Billboard that he's worried about the future of the blues because you don't hear it on the radio anymore.
by MPR News Staff

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Amber waves of rain: A look at flooded fields in southern Minn.

Heavy rains in recent weeks have caused some temporary new lakes to crop up around southern Minnesota, including in farm fields. One of the farmers who's been dealing with flooding is Wanda Patsche.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Trump rallies in Fargo, drumming up Republican support for ND Senate seat

Trump rallies in Fargo, drumming up Republican support for ND Senate seat

President Trump said Wednesday's announcement that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire makes control of the U.S. Senate one of the critical issues of our time.
by Dan Gunderson

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A look at how tariffs and manufacturing are heating up Wisconsin politics

President Trump will be in Wisconsin on Thursday. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer checked in with Molly Beck, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, about how tariffs and manufacturing are heating up Wisconsin politics ahead of the president's visit.
by Cathy Wurzer

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EPA: No big groundwater concerns after Iowa oil train spill, but cleanup continues

It's estimated that 230,000 gallons of crude oil poured into floodwaters in northwestern Iowa this past Friday, after an oil train derailed there on its way from Canada to Oklahoma. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer checked in with EPA on-scene coordinator Joe Davis for an update on the cleanup process.
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