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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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From the archive: After the Vietnam War, refugees struggled for survival

From the archive: After the Vietnam War, refugees struggled for survival

Following the war in Vietnam was a civil war in Cambodia. It created a wave of refugees who ended up in camps along the Thai/Cambodian border. In 1979, MPR reporter Greg Barron traveled to the area and visited refugee camps where hundreds of thousands of people were living.
by Greg Barron

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20 years after epic flood, Red River towns no longer dread the spring

20 years after epic flood, Red River towns no longer dread the spring

The 1997 flood transformed the Red River Valley and its residents. State and federal officials responded with $1.1 billion in infrastructure spending to make sure a catastrophe never happens again.
by Dan Gunderson

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Trump's threat to gut Obamacare on his own worries Minnesotans

Trump's threat to gut Obamacare on his own worries Minnesotans

President Trump may try to withhold $7 billion in health care subsidies until Democrats agree to negotiate an Obamacare replacement. Local observers say that and other potential executive actions to undermine the law could be disastrous.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Kendrick Lamar drops latest album today

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."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Snowy surprise this week, but nowhere near state record

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.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Classical rap: Dessa meets the MN Orchestra

Classical rap: Dessa meets the MN Orchestra

The hip-hop artist says the transition feels like moving from a wakeboard to a destroyer.
by Euan Kerr

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Massive solar array will generate benefit for National Guard, civilians

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.
by Kirsti Marohn

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