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Good morning! There's a bit of a chill in the air this morning, and it'll likely last all day. Facebook has been suffering since the latest controversy. Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's stock has dropped 18 percent , that's $80 billion in market value according to some analyses. Big company names like Tesla, SpaceX and Playboy have deleted their pages over privacy concerns |  Forecast  
Tornado devastated St. Peter, but healed town-gown relationship
Twenty years ago, a supercell thunderstorm spawned more than a dozen tornados that ripped through south central Minnesota. As St. Peter residents remember the weater event, they say the tornado brought the city and college together.
Roads amendment seeks to detour state tax dollars
In a year when the November ballot will be full of big decisions, state lawmakers might add another. They're discussing a constitutional amendment for transportation funding.
With mandatory retirement fight over, Moorhead judge reluctantly steps down
A Minnesota judge is reluctantly stepping down from the bench this week after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.
Solar jobs on the rise in Minnesota
Minnesota added 1,384 new jobs from 2016 to 2017, the second highest state, and an increase of nearly 48% in solar job growth, according to the Solar Foundation.
Alexandria rep apologizes for Facebook posts some said compared student March for Our Lives marchers to Hitler Youth
A Republican state lawmaker said Tuesday a series of her now-deleted Facebook posts were misconstrued by some who said the posts compared student activists organizing the March For Our Lives to Hitler Youth. On Wednesday, she issued an apology.
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VA pick impressed Trump when he gave glowing health report
Ronny Jackson passed his screen test with President Donald Trump before casting even began.
Congress takes a brush to the budget, barring federal funds for portraits
President Trump signed into law the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act, also known as — wait for it — the EGO Act.
Uber reaches settlement with family of Arizona woman killed by driverless car

Bill would throw up a roadblock to use of self-driving systems in next-generation vehicles. The Minnesota bill follows a fatality during a test in Arizona.

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since 2012 attack
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since Taliban militants shot her in 2012 for her advocacy of girls' education.
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