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Good morning! Grab a coat on your way out the door -- it'll be chilly and rainy today with highs in the 50s. Well, it was fun while it lasted, right? After coming out strong, the Twins lost to the Yankees 8-4 Tuesday night in the AL wild-card game. Minnesota can still claim a championship, though! The Lynx take on the LA Sparks in a decisive Game 5 tonight in the WNBA finals. | Forecast
What if a mass shooting happened here?
Las Vegas emergency responders had their limits tested this week as they handled dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries in the wake of Sunday's mass shooting. We looked at how prepared Minnesota is if something similar happened here. | Minnesotan dead in Vegas shooting | Gunman's girlfriend returns to U.S. for questioning | Trump to visit Las Vegas, meet with survivors
As Super Bowl nears, controversy over Airbnb rules grows

As the Minneapolis Super Bowl gets closer, Minneapolis and St. Paul are shaping rules governing Airbnb and other short-term rentals. Critics say St. Paul's draft regulations go too far.

Who will benefit most from GOP tax plan? Early report suggests the wealthy

Republicans in the White House and Congress have billed their tax proposal as a boost for the middle class. But a nonpartisan analysis finds the richest Americans would see the most immediate gains.

Solar energy is fastest growing source of power

It is the first time that solar energy growth surpasses any other fuel as a source of power. Coal in particular had continued to grow in recent years despite global targets to reduce carbon emissions.

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St. Cloud, church settle legal dispute over 'tiny house' for homeless

St. John's Episcopal Church had planned to house one homeless person at a time in a 132-square-foot house on wheels, but it didn't meet city zoning ordinances or the state building code.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors views of human cells working at the atomic level

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson worked to develop cryo-electron microscopy, which the Royal Swedish Academy says "both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules."

For chance to direct Harry Dean Stanton, actor got 'Lucky'

When the producers wanted a fellow actor to direct Stanton, they turned to Guthrie alum John Carroll Lynch.

Creative distillers tackle food waste, redefining 'getting trashed'

In an effort to transform edibles from trash to treasure, innovative mixologists are using bruised strawberries, cucumber peels and citrus rinds to make unique, socially-conscious craft cocktails.

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