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Good morning! Sunny with highs in the 60s. If you went to the Great Minnesota Get-Together this year, you were part of a record crowd.The State Fair welcomed 1,977,320 visitors in its 12-day run this year, breaking the previous attendance record set last year. In 2016, the attendance count was 1,943,719. | Forecast
 

Dayton rips Trump over ending 'Dreamers' protections

Hundreds of people rallied in Minneapolis following President Trump's move to end legal protections for more than 6,000 immigrants in Minnesota. The governor and the state's two DFL U.S. senators opposed Trump's decision. | Here's how Congress could act to save DACA

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Powerful Hurricane Irma hits first Caribbean islands

The storm had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, according to the Hurricane Center. It said winds would likely fluctuate slightly, but the storm would remain at Category 4 or 5 strength for the next day or two. | Updraft weather blog

Chastened lawmakers aim for small, bipartisan health care victories

Senate Republicans and Democrats are trying something new on health care. It's called cooperation.

Grocery prices have been falling. Did you notice?

For 19 months in a row, food prices in America's supermarkets fell compared to a year earlier. This is good news for shoppers but has weighed on the grocery industry and the people who grow our food.

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Lee relative who denounced white supremacy resigns as pastor of NC church

Robert W. Lee IV said some members of his congregation were uncomfortable with the media attention he received after his speech against racism and hate on MTV's Video Music Awards in August.

Rochester leaders see plan for new $58M sports arena

The city's Mayo Civic Center commission got a look Tuesday at the economics of a proposed $58 million sports arena.

Photos: 1st Midwest Latin music fest puts on a party in Wisconsin

Los Dells brought Latinos and other Latin music fans to Mauston, Wis., over Labor Day weekend to hear performers like Mana, Daddy Yankee, Prince Royce, Sofia Reyes and Los Tucanes de Tijuana. | More galleries from MPR News photographers

Exhibition asks, who's the 'we' in 'We the people'?

The Minnesota Museum of American Art set four curators to the task of selecting works that help answer the question. | Arts & Culture

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