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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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St. Thomas professor remembered for connecting with university community

Beloved University of St. Thomas professor Mohamed Selim died Sunday at the age of 91. Selim taught there for 45 years, and over that time became a figure of the St. Paul community.

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Obama's chief aide to see a strapped Iron Range

Obama's chief aide to see a strapped Iron Range

Many blame illegal foreign dumping for the layoffs that have hammered the Range this year.
by Dan Kraker

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To her fictional characters, Stonich adds an author

To her fictional characters, Stonich adds an author

Sarah Stonich decided that an author named Ava Finch would be better able to write "Fishing with RayAnne" than Sarah Stonich.
by Euan Kerr

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Court hearing provides no decision on Black Lives Matter mall protest

Court hearing provides no decision on Black Lives Matter mall protest

The Mall of America and Black Lives Matter Minneapolis met in court Monday over a planned protest this week. Protest organizers say they'll be at the Bloomington mall no matter what the court decides.
by Tim Nelson and Peter Cox

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Dreaming of a white Christmas

If you are dreaming of a white Christmas, meteorologist Paul Huttner says it looks like you'll get your wish if you live in the northwestern two-thirds of the state where they already have a few inches of snow.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minnesota baseball fans visit Cuba

Minnesota baseball fans visit Cuba

Ever since he lost the fight to keep the Minnesota Twins from moving indoors over 30 years ago, Julian Loscalzo has been organizing tours to places where baseball is played outside.
by Jim Bickal

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Lured by new industry's promise, entrepreneurs fly to drones

Lured by new industry's promise, entrepreneurs fly to drones

Nearly 2,800 drone businesses across the country now have FAA permission to fly, but thousands more are still waiting for new federal rules. Drone users worry those delays could hamstring a rapidly growing industry.
by Dan Gunderson

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How one Minnesota chicken producer kept the bird flu out

How one Minnesota chicken producer kept the bird flu out

As avian flu swept across Minnesota this spring, Gold'n Plump managed to keep every one of its hundreds of central Minnesota chicken barns virus-free. Now, poultry producers nationally are taking notice.
by Mark Steil

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Keith Richards has had a good year

Keith Richards has had a good year

Rolling Stones' Keith Richards has had a good year as he turns 72 today.

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