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Good afternoon. Sure, go ahead and call Mike Hughes all the names he’s probably heard before but we’re here today to celebrate his passion, an antidote to America’s pervasive can’t-do spirit . His passion? A steam-powered rocket that he intends to launch on Saturday in California. Mike will be inside, the Associated Press says. | NewsCut | Forecast
Schoen lawyer suggests mistakes, politics drove sex misconduct claims
The attorney for state Sen. Dan Schoen said Wednesday that Schoen never meant to sexually harass anyone and the allegations against him have either been taken out of context or were mistakes.
Liberians, other immigrants fret that legal status may end soon

Immigrants from some countries hit by war or disaster have been granted temporary protection that may soon come to an end.

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Questioning a doctor's prescription for a sore knee: 90 Percocets

Following minor surgery, a Kaiser Health News columnist sees up close how easily doctors can prescribe opioid pain pills, and how such prescribing helps fuel the epidemic of opioid addiction.

White House personnel reassigned after charges of inappropriate behavior on Asia trip

Three Army non-commissioned officers have been removed from their posts on the White House Communications Agency. They allegedly had inappropriate contact with foreign women when in Vietnam.

FCC's Pai: 'Heavy-handed' net neutrality rules are stifling the Internet

The FCC chairman says repealing net neutrality is a needed return to a "free market-based" Internet. One opponent says Ajit Pai's plan "would end the Internet as we know it."

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Franken's Minnesota support dims amid sexual misconduct claims

An MPR News/APM Research survey pegged Franken's approval rating at 59 percent in late summer. But a recent KSTP survey finds only 22 percent of Minnesota adults believe Franken should remain in office in the wake of misconduct allegations.

From 'Inky's Great Escape' to singing seahorses: Animal books for the holidays

From real-life, seaweed-carrying dolphins to fictional singing seahorses, animals in these new books can excite the mind, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

Will Steger plans wilderness education center

The explorer has been building the Steger Wilderness Center in a remote setting north of Ely on the edge of the Boundary Waters.

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