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Good evening. Sometime around May 7, a University of Minnesota student named Madie hatched an idea she'd spend the next three and a half months executing. She'd tweet out the 377 words to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" from her Twitter account @CostcoRiceBag, all in secrecy. Check out more here. | NewsCut | Forecast | Updraft 
Severe thunderstorm watch includes Twin Cities
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin including the Twin Cities. | Follow live weather updates on MPRnews.org

For McCain, a cross-country farewell from public and presidents
Sen. John McCain's service to his country began more than six decades ago at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland's Severn River. | Why Sen. Chuck Schumer wants to rename a senate building after John McCain | Sen. Klobuchar remembers McCain
Life-threatening heart attack leaves teacher with $108,951 bill

The heart attack was a shock for Drew Calver, an avid swimmer who had competed in an Ironman triathlon just five months before. He believed he would not bear much, if any, out of pocket payment for his life-threatening emergency and the surgery that saved him. Then the bills came.

Measuring the impact of invasives in MN lakes is complicated, inconclusive

Invasive species live in hundreds of Minnesota's lakes and rivers, and millions of dollars are spent every year trying to slow their spread. | "We don't close our lakes" Protection vs. access

Tibbetts' father: Hispanic locals 'Iowans with better food'
The killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has prompted criticism of the U.S. immigration system because the man charged in her death is a Mexican farmworker. But the victim's father told mourners he's been embraced by the local Hispanic community.
The Sherlock Holmes of the natural world
Call Tristan Gooley the Sherlock Holmes of nature. Gooley provides 850 tips to becoming a natural navigator in his 2014 book, "The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals and Other Forgotten Skills."
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Indian horse relay provides 'exhilarating' spectacle for riders, fans
More than a dozen top Indian horse relay teams from tribes across the country competed at Canterbury over the weekend. Only one team from Minnesota took part — the Brown Bois, led by 54-year-old Tim Brown of Minnesota's Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. Video: Indian horse relays are a family affair
Minnesota DNR releases report on revised diversion project
Minnesota officials have released a draft environmental impact statement on the revised Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project and say they will decide on a permit application sometime this winter.
U.S. and Mexico reach trade deal; Trump wants to drop NAFTA name

The United States and Mexico have reached an "understanding" on several critical trade issues following bilateral talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. They will now likely re-engage with Canada to reach a final deal on NAFTA, a primary goal of the Trump administration.

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