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Good morning and happy Monday. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 


It’s a cloudy Monday. At least highs in the Twin Cities will be in the lower 30s with 5 to 10 mph winds. The metro will see snow accumulation around 2 inches at night. Statewide highs range from the lower 20s to lower 30s. More on Updraft. | Forecast


Across rural Minnesota, there’s a shortage of beds for people in crisis. Alisa Roth reports on what happens to people, and their families and health care providers, when their need for inpatient psychiatric care is only met after days of waiting and a transfer far from home. 


Run a marathon, live longer. NPR reports that a six-month training program can give the heart a big boost — reversing the aging process in blood vessels. 


Amy Klobuchar is bearing down on New Hampshire. Her pitch to voters there: I’m more electable than the others. Our reporter Mark Zdechlik recently followed the Klobuchar campaign New Hampshire as she continues her presidential campaign. The U.S. senator is polling in fifth place in Iowa, whose caucuses next month mark the first time voters pick their top Democratic presidential contender. New Hampshire’s primary comes next, a week later. 


If you’re over 65, a man and have smoked (even a tiny bit), read on.  A federal task force recommends men that have smoked as few as five packs of cigarettes be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms — a potentially fatal condition that can be repaired if caught early. 


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Blind sled dog completes 100-mile race in northern Minnesota
Indy will be running again later this month at the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon — a 300-mile race up the North Shore.
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Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown
Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Source: Browns hiring Vikings OC Stefanski as next coach
Kevin Stefanski agreed to accept the position Sunday, a day after Minnesota was beaten by San Francisco in the NFC playoffs, according to a person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the decision.
Strike looms as St. Louis County snowplow drivers reject final contract offer
Snow is in the forecast for the coming week. If there is a strike, county officials have said supervisors and other licensed staff will fill in to keep roads plowed.
In new book, retired Pope Benedict breaks silence to speak out on priestly celibacy
In the as-yet-unpublished book, whose title translates as “From the Depths of Our Hearts,” retired Pope Benedict XVI and his co-author, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, defend the "necessity" of celibacy in the priesthood.
What's on the radio today?

9 a.m. —MPR News with Kerri Miller


The last Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses happens on Tuesday, the seventh overall. It will be the smallest stage of candidates yet. Are the debates making a difference? Are they talking about what matters to you and your life experience?


10 a.m. — 1A


China is sending some of its most senior officials to Washington to sign off on phase one of a controversial trade deal. Does this new agreement put the brakes on China's drive to establish itself as the world's economic superpower? 


11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis


Doug Evans, the Mississippi district attorney who tried Curtis Flowers six times for the same crime, has recused himself from the case. It’s the latest twist in a story that APM’s In the Dark podcast team has been reporting on and influencing. Angela Davis talks with the lead reporter on that podcast, Madeleine Baran.


12 p.m. — MPR News Presents

A talk from the Minnesota Historical Society's "History Forum" about the role white women played in shaping and supporting white supremacy in America. Elizabeth Gillespie McRae is a history professor at Western Carolina University and the author of "Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy." 

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