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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.

Morning Announcements | Weather chats with Mark Seeley | Parting Thoughts

A Hanukkah favorite, the latke

At 7 p.m. on Classical MPR you can hear a program celebrating the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, which began Tuesday night.
by MPR News Staff

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For Minnesota Somalis, a raw, rising fear of deportation

For Minnesota Somalis, a raw, rising fear of deportation

Minnesota immigration lawyers are scrambling to get emergency stays for some clients who've been ordered deported to Somalia. Their families fear they could die in Somalia's violence. Their stories are heart-rending.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Hennepin sheriff will continue to oversee crime lab, but proposal for change not dead

Hennepin sheriff will continue to oversee crime lab, but proposal for change not dead

Hennepin County Commissioner Marion Greene, who introduced the proposal as a budget amendment, said it is important that the board looks at the crime lab and its governance, possibly early next year.
by Peter Cox

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Birders aflutter over snowy owl 'irruption'

Birders aflutter over snowy owl 'irruption'

Every few years there are so called "irruptions" of snowy owls to Minnesota and other northern states, when the majestic raptors flock south from the Arctic tundra. This winter's could be an especially big one.
by Dan Kraker

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Source: Smith is Dayton's choice for senator

Source: Smith is Dayton's choice for senator

Lt. Gov. Tina Smith is Gov. Mark Dayton's choice to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Al Franken, and Smith will run in the special election for the seat next year.
by Tom Weber and Brian Bakst

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The marriage that derailed a career

The marriage that derailed a career

Sixty years ago, Jerry Lee Lewis married Myra Gayle Brown in a private ceremony in rural Mississippi. He was 22 and it was his third marriage. She was 13 and it was her first.
by MPR News Staff

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Parting Thoughts: Remembering Anita Buck, broadcast pioneer

Parting Thoughts: Remembering Anita Buck, broadcast pioneer

In the early 1950s, she became one of the few female announcers on the air when she was hired by Stillwater radio station WSHB. She hosted a number of programs on that station including "Story Time."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Saving the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project will be costly

Saving the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project will be costly

The task force headed by Govs. Mark Dayton and Doug Burgum identified some major changes to the flood diversion plan, but some major hurdles remain.
by Dan Gunderson

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Jim James celebrates crooner Al Bowlly

Al Bowlly has been called Britain's first pop star and is credited with inventing the singing style known as crooning.
by MPR News Staff

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