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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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Art Hounds: Joyful dance and Syrian heartbreak

Art Hounds: Joyful dance and Syrian heartbreak

This week on Art Hounds: Curio Dance grooves to Jimi Hendrix.
by Marianne Combs

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Lawmakers considering help with private school bills

A House committee is hearing a bill that would attempt to encourage donations for high-poverty charter and public schools as well as private school scholarships, the measure's most controversial piece.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Jaedyn James and the Hunger submit a song to Tiny Desk contest

Today's Morning Edition music is from the Minneapolis-based band Jaedyn James and the Hunger with "Something Important."

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New program teaches foster parents to treat opiate-addicted babies in home

New program teaches foster parents to treat opiate-addicted babies in home

In the last five years, the number of infants born with opioids in their systems has doubled in Minnesota. A few foster families are getting training to treat the babies in their homes.
by John Enger

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Scarsella juror: I didn't buy self-defense shooting claim

Scarsella juror: I didn't buy self-defense shooting claim

"The defense witnesses, except for the police, were lying through their teeth," said juror Eileen Parker, who helped convict Allen Scarsella, a white man, of shooting five black men at a 2015 Jamar Clark protest.
by Brandt Williams

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Career, technical teachers in short supply at Minnesota schools

Career, technical teachers in short supply at Minnesota schools

Minnesota schools say they don't have enough teachers to help prepare high school students for careers, and in the coming weeks lawmakers at the Capitol are expected to step in to help.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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