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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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Art Hounds: Celebrating the Mississippi

Art Hounds: Celebrating the Mississippi

This week Art Hounds offer up two events that celebrate the Mississippi River, plus a summer festival from Skylark Opera.
by Marianne Combs

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'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' is youthful and serious

'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' is youthful and serious

A favorite of the Sundance Film Festival, the movie explores a high school senior's relationship with a classmate who is dying of cancer.
by Euan Kerr

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Solar, wind backers feel burned after MN lawmakers OK new 'grid fee'

Solar, wind backers feel burned after MN lawmakers OK new 'grid fee'

A provision tucked into last week's jobs and energy bill lets Minnesota municipal utilities charge more to customers producing their own solar or wind energy.
by Tim Pugmire

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'New heroine' of British folk music to play at Northrop

Critics have been raving about Olivia Chaney's debut album, "The Longest River."

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Music can be therapy at the end of life

A study found that the parts of the brain that respond to music seem to be spared from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.

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Judge expected to rule on sex offender program

Judge expected to rule on sex offender program

Many expect that ruling to deem the program unconstitutional and dramatically shift its future.

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New law offers utility rate cuts for big business

New law offers utility rate cuts for big business

A jobs and energy budget bill signed by Gov. Mark Dayton cuts rates for mining companies, paper mills and steel mills in northern Minnesota. But residential and small business rates will rise.
by Tom Scheck

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Temporary archdiocese caretaker to say Mass for priests Wednesday

Temporary archdiocese caretaker to say Mass for priests Wednesday

Priests are eager to hear from Archbishop Bernard Hebda, the temporary apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He will hold a Mass in Rochester Wednesday.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Al Kooper talks working on 'Like a Rolling Stone'

Al Kooper talks working on 'Like a Rolling Stone'

Kooper more or less sneaked into the recording session and added an organ part even though he was really a guitar player.

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