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Good morning, it’s Wednesday. Here’s 328 words to start your day informed. 

Cloudy and highs in the mid 30s. That’s the statewide forecast, except for some areas in the north where there will be upper 20s highs and a chance of flurries. Overnight lows will be in the lower teens in some areas. More on Updraft. | Forecast

Albert Lea is losing several major health care services. Mayo Clinic has cut labor and delivery services as well as inpatient and intensive care at its Albert Lea facility as of today. As MPR News’ Catherine Richert reports, the closure exemplifies financial, demographic and staffing challenges facing many rural hospitals. 

Minneapolis reconsiders five-cent feed on plastic bags. The city “was one day away from banning plastic shopping bags when the Legislature blocked it two years ago. Then, it sought and failed to set a five-cent fee on bags. Now they’re trying again,” reports the Star Tribune.

College athletes will soon be entitled to some of the money they make for their schools. Via the AP: “The NCAA Board of Governors took the first step Tuesday toward allowing athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to clear the way for the amateur athletes to "benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness."

After lead poisonings, Water Gremlin workers want to return to their jobs. Dozens of employees protested the state’s shuttering of the fishing tackle and battery component plant. They say hundreds of families depend on the company, despite blood tests of at least two plant workers’ children showing dangerously high lead levels due to their parents inadvertently bringing lead from work into their homes. 

Remember: scrape your windshields. The case of a driver who skipped this critical safety practice drove into oncoming traffic just across the border in Menomonie, Wis., as Fox 9 reports

Curious about an aspect of life in Minnesota? Pitch your question and we’ll answer the best ones in our “Ask a ‘sotan” feature.

Cody Nelson, MPR News
In St. Cloud, longtime Electrolux plant going quiet
Kirsti Marohn | MPR News
Nesting boxes on power plants and skyscrapers have helped bring peregrine falcons back to Minnesota. But some of these urban homes are now coming down as part of a transition toward cleaner energy sources.
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St. Paul garbage vote: Debate centers on how to get a better contract
Nina Moini | MPR News
Residents who battled the city council for a vote, and those who advocate to keep the new system all said there’s room for improvement in the contract St. Paul has with its current trash haulers. They disagreed on how to get a better deal.
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9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller

Americans are angry. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released in August found 70 percent say they’re angry at the political establishment. And the rage is not contained to Washington, D.C. From our social media feeds and television screens to rush-hour traffic and Thanksgiving dinner, outrage is everywhere. But why? What good is all this anger? What does it do to our bodies and our culture? Wednesday on MPR News with Kerri Miller, we’ll look at the science and psychology of outrage. What role does a primal emotion have in a modern age?

10 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson

Most prisoners in the U.S. count as residents of the towns where they're confined, not where they're from. That skews census population data in favor of rural areas where prisons are disproportionately found. Critics say it violates the constitutional principle of one person, one vote. So where do inmates really live? Joshua Johnson looks for some answers on the next 1A.

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

Each of the hosts at Classical MPR recently made a list of their ten favorite musical works. Take a look at those lists, and you’ll find many of the pieces you’d expect: Mozart’s Piano Sonatas, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Stephen Paulus’ Pilgrim’s Hymn. But Garrett McQueen’s list is a little bit different. Pieces by Nina Simone, Beyonce, and The Fugees are all on it, along with ones by Duke Ellington and Valerie Coleman. A classical bassoonist turned radio host, he’s committed to diversity in public radio and classical music. In his new podcast, Trilloquy!, he and MPR colleague Scott Blankenship feature stories “from the fringes of classical music.” McQueen joins Angela Davis to talk about his ten favorite musical works, his new podcast, and the intersection of race and classical music.

Noon — MPR News Presents

From the Commonwealth Club's "Climate One" series: "Scorched Earth: Culture and Climate Under Siege." It's about fires and deforestation and the importance of trees for carbon storage.  The speakers include Corey Brinkema of Minneapolis, the President of the Forest Stewardship Council of the U.S., and representatives of Amazon Watch and Planet. Moderated by Greg Dalton.

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