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Good afternoon. Here's something that may sound like a contradiction in terms: low-fat pigs. Well they're real and they were developed by scientists using a new gene-editing technique called, wait for it... CRISPR! | NewsCut | Forecast
Dayton says he now supports PolyMet copper-nickel mine

Gov. Dayton tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press nothing of that magnitude is risk free, but he thinks it's a risk worth taking. However, he adds, PolyMet still must meet the environmental permitting requirements. And he says he won't interfere with state agency decisions on those permits.

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Arizona GOP Sen. Flake to retire, had tangled with Trump

Flake, who has criticized the path that the Republican Party has taken under President Donald Trump, said that "there may not be a place for a Republican like me" in the current GOP.

Majority of white Americans say they face discrimination

A new NPR poll finds 55 percent of whites believe they're discriminated against, echoing a sentiment heard repeatedly on the 2016 campaign trail. | Poll: Most Americans believe their group faces discrimination

Why you shouldn't count on the promised $4,000 'raise' from GOP tax plan

The White House's estimate of gains for the average American family rests on a lot of assumptions and is disputed by economists on the right and left alike.

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Canadian motorist fined $118 for singing while driving

Montreal police ticketed Taoufik Moalla for screaming in public. But Moalla says he was doing nothing more than singing along to C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)."

Iditarod names four-time champ Dallas Seavey in dog doping scandal

Under pressure from competitors, the race committee said the 30-year-old musher is under suspicion of giving his dogs the drug tamadol in this year's race. Seavey has denied any wrongdoing.

Video: Burglars in ape masks rob Bloomington mosque; help cops ID them

Bloomington police have released security camera footage of last week's burglary of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center and are asking the public's help to identify the suspects.

Gales of October, first flakes Friday?

First hard freeze in the Twin Cities likely this weekend.

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