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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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Patricia Kopatchinskaja wants to push SPCO's musical envelope

Patricia Kopatchinskaja wants to push SPCO's musical envelope

Acclaimed Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja is known for looking for something new in compositions.
by Euan Kerr

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Vixen takes its place in Minnesota history

Today's Morning Edition music features "Edge Of A Broken Heart" by the all-female rock band which got its start in St. Paul in 1973.

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Task force: Tribes need more authority, dollars to protect kids

Task force: Tribes need more authority, dollars to protect kids

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with legal scholar and advocate Sarah Deer about the task force and its work.

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Stealing from one Shakespeare play to improve another

Stealing from one Shakespeare play to improve another

When the Minneapolis-based Moving Company delivers its adaptation of Shakespeare's "Love's Labor's Lost," some theater-goers may be confused. The production borrows lines from other Shakespeare plays.
by Euan Kerr

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Minnesota health care workers to join Ebola fight in Liberia

Minnesota health care workers to join Ebola fight in Liberia

A Minneapolis-based humanitarian organization is sending a team of medical responders to Liberia to help fight Ebola.
by Lorna Benson

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Listen to Usher's new song without the cereal box

Listen to Usher's new song without the cereal box

Today's Morning Edition music features "Clueless" -- the latest single from one of America's best-selling artists.

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Behind the scenes in Minnesota's grandest homes

Behind the scenes in Minnesota's grandest homes

In his new book, "Minnesota's Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes," Larry Millett and photographer Matt Schmitt bring us into 22 houses from around Minnesota that have been restored and preserved.
by Cathy Wurzer and Jim Bickal

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Plan to overhaul MnSCU and focus on jobs has system in turmoil

Plan to overhaul MnSCU and focus on jobs has system in turmoil

MnSCU's chancellor envisions a network of innovative campuses with affordable degrees. But some fear that will turn colleges into stripped-down diploma factories.
by Alex Friedrich

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Analysts await signs of a Target turnaround

Analysts await signs of a Target turnaround

On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based retail giant releases its first full quarterly performance under new CEO Brian Cornell. No one is forecasting miracles.
by Martin Moylan

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