| Good afternoon! Benson Power, formerly known as Fibrominn, was a pioneer in biomass energy when it went online 10 years ago. Now the plant that burns turkey poop and wood chips is struggling to compete with natural gas, wind and solar. | What should MPR News know about energy in rural Minnesota? | Forecast |
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| "I don't believe for a second you wore a mask that night because it was cold," the judge told Allen Scarsella as she sentenced him for shooting five black men protesting the 2015 police killing of Jamar Clark. | Victim still feels wounds |
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| The White House has yet to spell out how much of a hole the tax cuts could create in the federal budget, maintaining that the resulting economic growth would reduce - if not eliminate - the risk of a soaring deficit. | Trump has 'no intention' of releasing tax returns |
| The conservative House Freedom Caucus is backing the latest health care proposal as the White House tries to revive efforts to repeal Democrat Barack Obama's law. |
| Forty-three-year-old Amina Mohamud Esse pleaded guilty in 2014 to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. |
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| First responders who called out in the middle of the night to search the frigid waters of the St. Croix River for a missing boater near Bayport aren't too happy the man failed to inform them he was alive and well until much later. |
| According to research out of the University of Minnesota the majority of men and women who are incarcerated have children who are minors. |
| France said Wednesday that the chemical analysis of samples taken from a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria earlier this month "bears the signature" of President Bashar Assad's government and shows it was responsible. |
| The Facebook executive lost her husband in 2015. She says, "Rather than offer to do something, it's often better to do anything. Just do something specific." Her new book is called "Option B." |
