Twin Cities smelling a little funky this morning? Here's why

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Stop checking your armpits. You didn't smell bad this morning. It was the air around you.
A temperature inversion Tuesday morning goosed the odors from traffic "and other local sources" around the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said.
Conditions will improve by midday, so no excuses after that.
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