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Good evening. Meteorological winter begins Friday Dec. 1, and the weather maps are finally getting the hint. Also just in time for the holidays, the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of 3.3 percent from July through September, its fastest rate in three years. | NewsCut | Forecast
MPR drops Keillor over inappropriate conduct
MPR and its parent company American Public Media have cut all  ties with Garrison Keillor and will rename "A Prairie Home Companion," the weekly music and variety program he created. | Share your thoughts
Fact check: Anti-Muslim videos misrepresent what happened

Here's a look at known facts behind the videos tweeted by a far-right British fringe group and retweeted by President Trump.

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Oops: American Airlines accidentally let too many pilots take off the holidays

The pilots union says 15,000 flights at the end of the year don't have anyone to fly them, because of a glitch in the system pilots use to bid for time off.

Up for federal bench, MN’s Stras gets Senate hearing

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras was nominated by President Trump for a seat on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. But he's been hung up for months amid a standoff between majority Republicans and home-state DFL. Sen. Al Franken.

MN’s largest evening newspaper cuts printed paper

The Rochester Post Bulletin has announced it will no longer issue a printed Friday edition. It will publish only five days a week.

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Epidemic of health care waste: From $1,877 ear piercing to ICU overuse

Unnecessary or needlessly expensive care costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Patients, employers and taxpayers are footing the bill.

When report cards are still a big deal

Why do some kids excel in school and others don't? A big reason -- by no means the only one, of course) is contained in the Pioneer Press' story about the St. Paul Public Schools sending home report cards with the wrong grades.

Climate scientists watch their words, hoping to stave off funding cuts

After years of budget and political pressure, some climate scientists are changing the way they describe their research, and avoiding the term "climate change."

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