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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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Fair weather fans? MLS officials think Minnesotans will warm to game

Fair weather fans? MLS officials think Minnesotans will warm to game

Minnesotans may be cheering the news now that outdoor soccer is coming to Minneapolis. But will they do the same in November? Backers say yes.
by Tim Nelson

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Spread the words: Little Free Libraries find global following

Spread the words: Little Free Libraries find global following

The first Little Free Library went up in 2010 on a Hudson, Wis., street. What began with the remnants of a discarded garage door has become a worldwide phenomenon.
by Tim Nelson

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Marsalis father and son duo to play at the Dakota

Marsalis father and son duo to play at the Dakota

The two collaborated on "The Last Southern Gentlemen"; it's the first time that they have recorded a full album together.

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Fargo movie rumor spawns film about an urban myth

Fargo movie rumor spawns film about an urban myth

"Kumiko the Treasure Hunter" -- the tragicomic story of a Japanese woman who travels to Minnesota in search of the loot from "Fargo" -- opens in Minneapolis this week.
by Euan Kerr

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Lennon, McCartney struggled over how to start 'Eight Days a Week'

Lennon, McCartney struggled over how to start 'Eight Days a Week'

This was the first song that John Lennon and Paul McCartney brought into the studio unfinished.

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Dayton: Outdated clean water standard could doom mining industry

Dayton: Outdated clean water standard could doom mining industry

Gov. Mark Dayton is siding with U.S. Steel and Iron Range legislators who say a standard on how much sulfate companies can discharge into wild rice water is too high.
by Tom Scheck

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Skeptics worry service, rates may suffer if Comcast spins off MN

If its merger with Time Warner is OK'd, Comcast says a new firm will take over the cable giant's Minnesota operations. That makes some regional regulators nervous.
by Martin Moylan

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Bruce Kramer's journey with ALS reaches its end

Bruce Kramer's journey with ALS reaches its end

Instead of quietly succumbing to ALS, Kramer summoned the resources to meet the disease head-on and talk about it in public.
by Eric Ringham

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Choir of Kings College to perform in St. Paul

The choir, currently on tour in the United States, was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI to provide daily singing in his chapel.

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