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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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Patty and the Buttons to fete new CD with vaudeville party

Patty and the Buttons' new album explores jazz in America before World War II. A CD release party set for Saturday afternoon at the Historic Heights Theater in Columbia Heights is being billed as a Vaudeville Spectacular.

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Legislators to revisit key part of Mayo Clinic financing plan

Legislators to revisit key part of Mayo Clinic financing plan

State legislators likely will have to go back to the drawing board to adjust the financing plan for Mayo Clinic's expansion, one of the biggest economic development projects in Minnesota's history.
by Catharine Richert

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30 years ago, Wham! tops the pop charts with 'Wake Me Up'

Today's Morning Edition music was the first No. 1 hit for the English musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

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Top transportation lawmakers say gas tax outdated

Top transportation lawmakers say gas tax outdated

Minnesota transporation funding is a contentious issue -- and a pressing one.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minnesotans rally over Ferguson ruling; car hits woman during protest

Minnesotans rally over Ferguson ruling; car hits woman during protest

Students and activists across the state Tuesday protested the Missouri grand jury's decision. Rallies were peaceful, although a woman was hit by a car during a late afternoon rally in Minneapolis.
by Brandt Williams, Laura Yuen, Matt Sepic and Dan Kraker

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Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' tells true story of money and murder

Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' tells true story of money and murder

Even though "Foxcatcher" was inspired by a true crime story involving murder, money and the Olympics, director Bennett Miller was not interested in sensationalism.
by Euan Kerr

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New balance of power makes Republicans and Democrats wary

New balance of power makes Republicans and Democrats wary

When voters gave Republicans control of the Minnesota House, they set up potential conflict between the GOP and Gov. Mark Dayton and a DFL-controlled Senate.
by Tim Pugmire

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KFAI could run out of money next year

The board will meet tonight to decide how to fill a more than $100,000 deficit.
by Jon Collins

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Several names later, The Who hit it big

Several names later, The Who hit it big

The Who was previously known as the Detours and the High Numbers. Pete Townsend thought the band should be called The Hair.

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Retired doctor is determined to help Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone

Retired doctor is determined to help Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone

Lowell Gess, 93, won't play an active role treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone. But he will bring medicine and moral support to the country he calls his second home.
by Annie Baxter

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