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Kendrick Lamar drops latest album today
Kendrick Lamar's newest album "Damn" was released today. This is the highly anticipated follow up to Lamar's critically-acclaimed 2015 album "To Pimp A Butterfly."
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about the weather whiplash we had this week going from a sunny Sunday to a snowy Monday to a warm Tuesday.
Classical rap: Dessa meets the MN Orchestra
The hip-hop artist says the transition feels like moving from a wakeboard to a destroyer.
Massive solar array will generate benefit for National Guard, civilians
A massive new solar farm is now generating electricity at Camp Ripley in central Minnesota. The project is part of the military training facility's effort to produce more energy than it consumes.
Edmundson's OT winner sends Allen, Blues past Wild 2-1
Joel Edmundson scored for St. Louis at 17:48 of the extra period, Jake Allen made a career-high 51 saves and the Blues stole Game 1 of their first-round playoff series from the Wild with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night.
Minnesota farmers optimistic, realistic as spring planting nears
The state's growers face their fourth straight year of low grain prices as they get ready for spring planting. It's forced some out of business. But most are surviving and looking ahead despite the cloudy future.
Art Hounds: 350 movies, a music festival and Emily Dickinson
This week on Art Hounds: the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, the Midwest Music Fest and a marathon reading of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
Today's Morning Edition music is from the J. Geils band with "Hard Drivin' Man" from their 1972 live album "Full House."