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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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Glory days over for Minnesota's historic music studios?

Glory days over for Minnesota's historic music studios?

Minnesota's long enjoyed a reputation as one of the best spots off the coasts to tap music production talent and technology. But that legacy industry is facing immense competitive pressure as the business changes.
by Martin Moylan

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The X Games arrive in Minneapolis

The X Games arrive in Minneapolis

Prepare to amazed by skateboarders and BMX and motocross riders. The biggest structure inside U.S. Bank Stadium is an 82-foot-tall mega ramp that vaults athletes across a gap before they land and coast onto another quarter-pipe ramp on the other side.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Cass Co., a Trump stronghold, bridles at talk of Medicaid cuts

Cass Co., a Trump stronghold, bridles at talk of Medicaid cuts

The north-central Minnesota county voted two-to-one for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. But it's also dependent on the federal health safety net, and some residents are worried about the GOP's push to remake health care.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Art Hounds: Puppeteers from around the world hang out in St. Paul

Art Hounds: Puppeteers from around the world hang out in St. Paul

This week on Art Hounds: the National Puppetry Festival, a new opera about the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Rolling River Music Festival.
by Marianne Combs

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Minneapolis could reduce number of police officers in schools

Minneapolis schools Superintendent Ed Graff is recommending the school board reduce the number of school resource officers from 16 to 14.
by Matt Sepic

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Diana Ross and a Motown musical both playing Tuesday night in Minneapolis

Diana Ross and a Motown musical both playing Tuesday night in Minneapolis

Ross is performing at Northrop; meanwhile, "Motown: The Musical" opens at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis.

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After Supreme Court victory, peat mine proposal's fate in DNR's hands

A site where Hawkes Company hopes to mine peat has been deemed to have high biodiversity significance, meaning it would need to be restored to equivalent or better habitat.
by Dan Gunderson

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