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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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Smaller, diverse groups swim against arts-funding tide

Smaller, diverse groups swim against arts-funding tide

Big, mainstream arts organizations take the lion's share of contributions, both public and private.
by Marianne Combs

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Washington worries hang over Minnesota's budget

Washington worries hang over Minnesota's budget

Minnesota lawmakers admit they're nervous about the fate of $11.5 billion a year the state gets from the federal government. "This is like a boulder rolling downhill toward us," one legislator says.
by Brian Bakst

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Ray Christensen, voice of the Gophers, has died

Christensen, who died Sunday night at the age of 92.

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Athletes deliver life lessons for kids in 'Middle School Rules'

Sean Jensen wasn't thrilled with the "naughty" characters that turned up in his young son's books, so he decided to tap his sports reporting experience to write books featuring real-life role models.
by MPR News Staff

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P.O.S has some advice for himself in new album

P.O.S has some advice for himself in new album

The rapper says the album called "Chill, Dummy" is advice for himself after recovering from a kidney transplant in 2014.

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Minnesota artists question state grant process

Minnesota artists question state grant process

One painter thinks she may have been denied a state grant because she was pregnant.
by Marianne Combs

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Rochester eyes 'game changer' transit plan. Will public get on board?

Rochester eyes 'game changer' transit plan. Will public get on board?

The city hopes to add 30,000 jobs over the next 20 years as Mayo Clinic expands. But that growth could make downtown a mess if city leaders don't figure out how to handle the traffic.
by Catharine Richert

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Minnesota man reunited with wife, kids caught in travel ban

Minnesota man reunited with wife, kids caught in travel ban

A Minnesota man was reunited with his wife and two children who were caught up in President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban. The family had been separated for more than two years.
by Matt Sepic

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60 years ago Sam Cooke left the Soul Stirrers

Sam Cooke had a successful six-year run with the Soul Stirrers. "Jesus Gave Me Water" was one their early hits together. But Cooke left the group in 1957 because he wanted to pursue secular, pop music and the Soul Stirrers focused on gospel. He soon rocketed to success as a solo artist with hits like "You Send Me" and "Twisting the Night Away." He was inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame posthumously in 1986.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Timberwolves take on Pistons in Detroit

The Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Pistons tonight in Detroit. The Super Bowl will be played in Houston on Sunday, but that's not the only football news in these parts.
by Cathy Wurzer

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