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Good morning!  Keep that umbrella handy -- more rain today with highs in the mid-60s. We're No. 1! Wait, no we're not. After three years atop the charts, the  Minneapolis park system has dropped to third-best in the nation. St. Paul remains at No. 2. So who's No. 1? Washington, D.C. | What's on MPR News? | Forecast

Healing incarcerated women through storytelling and song
A group of storytellers and musicians recently brought their performance to a new venue -- the women's prison in Shakopee. 
3M, Lake Elmo settle for $2.7M, land transfer in drinking water lawsuit
3M will pay $2.7 million into the city's water account, which pays for maintaining its water system, and will transfer 180 acres of farmland to the city. | 'Forever' chemicals leave costly water problem in cities across the country
This session, higher ed got less than requested, but also real money
Funding for higher education was the only budget bill state lawmakers passed before the end of the session. For the state's higher ed systems that means an end to the uncertainty over funding. | K-12: Education budget decisions near end after leaders agree on increase | This legislative session was supposed to be different but ended up exactly the same
Mpls. cops seek 2 in connection to Bde Maka Ska pavilion fire
The overnight fire destroyed the well-known pavilion and its restaurant, Lola on the Lake. City fire officials had initially suggested a lightning strike was to blame given the strong storms that moved through the region that night and the descriptions of loud booms heard by neighbors. 
McCollum asks feds to complete study on mining near Boundary Waters
DFL Rep. Betty McCollum wants the federal government to complete a study on the impacts of copper-nickel mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and forbid any mining activity until its complete.
In Hennepin County, they're no longer state wards but 'legacy youth'
Young people overseen by the Hennepin County District Court have traditionally been known as "wards of the state." Now, they'll be called "legacy youth."
Kwik Trip veggie trays again linked to salmonella in Wisconsin, Minnesota
Health officials say the Del Monte vegetable trays, which included broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and dill dip, have been linked to salmonella bacteria which has, so far, sickened three people in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota.
For three weeks, a full moon shines in the Bell Museum
An artist's 3-D rendering hangs in the museum's lobby to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. 
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