| Good morning! Showers and thunderstorms this morning throughout central and southeastern Minnesota. Scattered storms northeast and in central portions of the state this afternoon. Highs in the mid-80s to lower 90s. NPR yesterday went on a tweetstorm about liberty, government and freedom from tyranny. Some people got angry. They called the tweets trash. Were the leftists at NPR trying to undermine the nation and start a revolution? What could possibly explain this kind of talk on the Fourth of July? Just ... the Fourth of July. NPR was tweeting the Declaration of Independence. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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| Activists say thousands of protesters will descend on Minnesota should the state OK a permit to let Enbridge Energy replace an aging oil pipeline. State officials and company executives are working to head off a confrontation. | Previously: Enbridge pipeline backers, foes speak out as Minnesota mulls permit |
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| The Associated Press had previously identified the man as 98-year-old Michael Karkoc, an ex-commander in an SS-led Nazi unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians -- including women and children -- during the war. |
| President Trump is scheduled to have a face-to-face with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit. Trump has said he'd like closer ties between the countries, but Russia is under fire for election meddling. |
| There are 600 Airbnb hosts throughout rural Minnesota, the company says, offering for rent everything from a spare bedroom to an entire house. |
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| The minimum wage is flat, college tuition is up and students are broke: Summer jobs just don't have the purchasing power they used to, especially when you look at the cost of college. |
| James and her band The Hunger are making the most of their chance to play on a big stage. | Arts & Culture |
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