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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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House and Senate pass very different budget plans

Two vastly different budget proposals won approval overnight from the Minnesota House and Senate.

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Persistent and widespread rain falls in Minnesota

Persistent and widespread rain falls in Minnesota

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley about a rainy stretch of weather in much of Minnesota this week.

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Beatles recorded 'Eleanor Rigby' 50 years ago

Beatles recorded 'Eleanor Rigby' 50 years ago

The only thing that the Beatles contributed were the vocals. The instrumentation came from an eight-piece string ensemble that was brought in.

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Sorting out Prince's estate could take years

Sorting out Prince's estate could take years

A first court hearing will be held Monday morning to address what will become of Prince's assets and intellectual property. No will has surfaced, and experts say he left behind a complex estate. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Susan Link, a probate attorney in Minneapolis.

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Abbott to buy St. Jude Medical for $25 billion

Abbott to buy St. Jude Medical for $25 billion

Abbott says St. Jude's devices for heart failure, blockages and abnormal heart rhythm complement its range of heart products.
by Martin Moylan and Reuters

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Novel casts fresh light on Shakespeare's 'dark lady'

Novel casts fresh light on Shakespeare's 'dark lady'

Mary Sharratt's novel imagines how the bard might have been influenced by a literary peer ... who happens to have been a woman.
by Euan Kerr

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Art Hounds: Two plays and a May Day Parade

Art Hounds: Two plays and a May Day Parade

This week on Art Hounds: The May Day Parade, "Seminar" and "Angry Black Woman and Well Intentioned White Girl."
by Marianne Combs

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Minneapolis parks could get major funding boost

Minneapolis parks could get major funding boost

An $800 million, 20-year spending plan for both parks and streets cleared a key hurdle Wednesday, passing a city council committee unanimously. The full council is expected to pass it Friday.
by Matt Sepic

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TSA manager says he was told to profile Somalis at Twin Cities airport

TSA manager says he was told to profile Somalis at Twin Cities airport

A senior manager for the Transportation Security Administration at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said his supervisors asked him to profile Somali imams and other Somali community members in Minnesota.
by Laura Yuen and Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Courtney Barnett hopes her music keeps evolving

Courtney Barnett hopes her music keeps evolving

"They keep revealing themselves. They morph and change form and can end up sounding completely different. I hope it's like that forever," Barnett said.

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