| Good afternoon! If you live or commute around the metro area be warned, Interstate 35W will not be your friend this weekend. The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close the highway starting Friday night between Burnsville and Bloomington while crews remove bridges, do some paving and conduct other maintenance. | NewsCut | Forecast |
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| The state's largest pediatric hospital is now an "out-of-network" provider for people with Blue Cross coverage. More than 66,000 Children's Minnesota patients could be affected by the contract lapse. | How does the Blue Cross, Children's Minnesota dispute affect your family? |
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| The meetings are part of Gov. Dayton's campaign to encourage cities to help improve water quality by 25 percent by 2025. | Full coverage |
| Officer Miosotis Familia was assigned with a partner to a mobile command post when a man with a revolver fired one round through the passenger-side window and struck her in the head as she was wrapping up her shift. |
| Kim Jong Un's moves have succeeded in putting the rest of the world in a tough spot. Possible responses include further isolation of North Korea, military moves or greater engagement. None are ideal. |
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| We only sing the first verse, but the national anthem actually has four. In the midst of the Civil War, poet Oliver Wendell Holmes penned yet another, which speaks to politically divisive times. | NPR's tweets expose a thin grasp of American history |
| Business owners share books they've read just for the fun of it that ended up inspiring them in the workplace. | The Thread |
| Awkward conversations may be painful to stumble through, but they are a part of building connections with others. | MPR News Presents |
| Volvo is the first traditional automaker to set a date to phase out cars powered only by internal combustion engines. Volvo's CEO called Tesla "a tough competitor" in the premium electric market. |
