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Good afternoon. We’re setting the table for what looks like the most significant snow system so far this season for parts of Minnesota on Thursday. But snowfall totals may vary dramatically across just a county or two, here's why. | Forecast | NewsCut
Block party: St. Paul ice palace starts to rise

Workers swung a 700-pound chunk of ice into place Tuesday in St. Paul's Rice Park, the first of about 4,000 blocks that will build an ice palace to warm Winter Carnival-goers and woo Super Bowl visitors. | The Super Bowl is one month away. Here's what to expect

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State to appeal rapist's release from Minnesota Sex Offender Program

A panel this week ordered the conditional release of a serial rapist from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

State to deny water pollution waiver for Minntac mine

U.S. Steel had asked for a 20-year variance from water quality standards for sulfate and other pollutants in water from its massive tailings basin that seeps into groundwater and nearby streams at its Mountain Iron facilities.

Bannon to exit Breitbart after break with Trump

A report on the Breitbart website quotes Bannon saying, "I'm proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform."

Smith gets U.S. Senate committee assignments

The state's newest senator will serve on the Indian Affairs, Agriculture, Energy, and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees.

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Trump faces presidential fitness test amid raised concerns

At 71, Trump is the oldest person ever elected for a first term to the nation's highest office in a first term.

Why ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ has people stirred up

Lost in the Golden Globe Award's focus of the protest against sexual harassment (which, in turn, was lost in the distraction of whether Oprah Winfrey should run for president) is the real-world's intrusion into the work of art that won best picture: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.'

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