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Good morning! Partly cloudy and breezy, with patchy blowing snow. Highs between minus 5 and 5. A wind chill advisory is in effect tonight into Thursday morning. A winter storm watch has also been issued south Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. This just in from the "Department of 'Come on, Man!'": After a fire displaced residents of a four-unit apartment building in Hibbing, someone broke in and stole the Christmas presents under the tree of one of the families. You're a mean one, thief. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
 


U of M indefinitely suspends 10 football players

The university didn't offer a reason for the suspensions, but said the players were indefinitely barred from all team activities.

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Chanhassen High principal arrested on child porn suspicion

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents on Tuesday took Timothy Scott Dorway into custody on suspicion of possessing pornography involving minors. The BCA says charges are pending.

After year of bad press, Como Park High School seeks to rewrite its story

Teachers and students at St. Paul's Como Park High School say they're getting a fresh start this year after months of student violence in the 2015-16 school year. | Cops, schools walk fine line confronting problem students

Aleppo cease-fire founders, threatening evacuation plans

The withdrawal was supposed to start at dawn but shelling resumed in the morning hours.


 
 

Arctic warming at 'astonishing' rates, researchers say

Scientists meeting in San Francisco issue their 2016 report card. "The Arctic as a whole is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet," one says, and it is getting progressively worse. | Environment

Perry would bring oil industry ties to Energy Department

Perry's corporate roles in two petroleum companies is a strong indicator of the pro-oil industry sentiment that will likely take root at the department under his oversight. | Trump's Cabinet picks 'take the establishment and shake it upside down'

A year later, unfiltered Flint tap water is still unsafe to drink

One year has passed since Flint's mayor declared a state of emergency over lead tainted water. And frustration abounds as even now the water isn't safe to drink without being additionally filtered.

Repealing Obamacare could deny 744,000 Minnesotans health insurance

A new Kaiser Family Foundation report says repeal of the Affordable Care Act could deny scores of people access to health insurance because of their medical conditions. | Obamacare's demise could be quicker than Republicans intend

After driver accidentally plunges into pond, good Samaritans save the day

When a driver's window fogged up, she tried to pull over. Instead, she ended up in a highway holding pond in Bloomington.

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