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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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David Dole's love songs to live on
Today's Morning Edition music is from David Dole, who died last week at the age of 101. There will be a funeral service Saturday in Minneapolis.
Star player Amanda Kessel returns to the University of Minnesota women's hockey team after a long hiatus.
How accurate are groundhog's predictions?
Climatologist Mark Seeley talks about the recent winter storm that hit Minnesota on Groundhog Day. He also comments on the accuracy of Punxsutawney Phil.
Artist behind 'Amish Project' hopes the play starts conversations
Although the piece is inspired by a mass shooting at a Pennsylvania school, it tells the story as a work of fiction.
Little Richard influenced James Brown and the Famous Flame's hit "Please Please Please."
Panel debates where to hang historically inaccurate art in Capitol
If a painting that depicts a historical event is inaccurate, should it be displayed in a prominent place in the renovated Capitol building?
Art Hounds: Ice shanties and a 1950s townhouse
This week on Art Hounds: artful ice shanties on White Bear Lake, an exhibition in St. Cloud, and a staging of "Clybourne Park" in Osseo.