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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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Real ID deadline looms again for lawmakers

Real ID deadline looms again for lawmakers

Minnesota needs to meet federal drivers' license security standards in about a year, and one key Republican said he's in no rush to comply.
by Tim Pugmire

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NYC jazz trio with Minnesota roots playing the Dakota

The Bad Plus is playing a set of eight shows at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis beginning Thursday night through Monday.

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Guled Omar: The path to ISIS and the story you haven't heard

Guled Omar: The path to ISIS and the story you haven't heard

Federal prosecutors have deemed him unfixable and irredeemable. He got the harshest sentence of any of the nine Twin Cities men who tried to join ISIS. But Omar's story is much more complicated than that.
by Laura Yuen

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NPR Tiny Desk contest winner Gaelynn Lea releases new Christmas album

NPR Tiny Desk contest winner Gaelynn Lea releases new Christmas album

She recently spoke to Classical MPR's Julie Amacher about "Deeptest Darkness, Brightest Dawn." The interview airs Wednesday night.

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Parting thoughts: From a flat tire in a snowstorm, a love story for a lifetime

Parting thoughts: From a flat tire in a snowstorm, a love story for a lifetime

Terry Berg is remembered for her incredible energy and warmth, and for her long career helping young people with special needs. She passed away earlier this month after fighting breast cancer for 24 years.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Massive development set for old arsenal site in Arden Hills

Massive development set for old arsenal site in Arden Hills

Ramsey County signed off on a redevelopment agreement that'll transform the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant site into a small city of sorts.
by Tim Nelson

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Bangles didn't love 'Walk Like an Egyptian'

Bangles didn't love 'Walk Like an Egyptian'

Today's Morning Edition music is from the Bangles with "Walk Like an Egyptian." The song hit No. 1 on the billboard charts thirty years ago today. It would ultimately sell more than a million copies, becoming the most popular song of 1987.

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Cirrus is betting its future on a 'personal jet'

Cirrus is betting its future on a 'personal jet'

Duluth's Cirrus Aircraft delivered the first so-called personal jet on Monday. Will there be a market for such a plane?
by Dan Kraker

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