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• 'The Birdchick' offers '1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know'
  MPR's Tom Crann went out last week, just north of Minneapolis to New Hope, to meet Sharon Stiteler. The blogger behind Birdchick.com, and a National Park ranger, Stiteler is about to publish a new book: "1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know: Tips and Trivia for the Backyard and Beyond."April 22, 2013
• DNR to kill cormorants on Lake Vermilion
  Fisheries officials plan to kill part of the cormorant population on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota because the lake's perch population has been falling, and they're worried that the decline could eventually harm the lake's walleye numbers.April 22, 2013
• Twins game postponed a day due to weather
  The Minnesota Twins pre-emptively postponed their Monday night game against the Miami Marlins at Target Field, due to approaching inclement weather.April 22, 2013
• Impact of fracking on renewable energy
  A special from the America Abroad series called "Global Energy and Innovations." Host Madeline Brand looks at the impact that cheaper and cleaner natural gas from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is having on U.S. renewable energy industries like wind and solar. Meanwhile, China and India are moving quickly to solve their energy problems and the innovations coming out of those countries could one day challenge America's lead in renewables.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, April 22, 2013
• Updraft: April snow storm aims at Twin Cities
  Look away now if you're squeamish, or suffering from Post Traumatic Winter Stress Disorder. The rumors are true. Our next major "winter storm" in spring is taking direct aim at the Twin Cities tonight. It's already snowing heavily in South Dakota.April 22, 2013
• Battening down in Fargo-Moorhead as possible record flood looms
  Flood preparations will move into high gear this week in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Construction crews and volunteers will build emergency sandbag dikes and earthen levees as the communities prepare once again for a possible record Red River flood.April 22, 2013
• Anti-mining center to open in Ely
  A group of Ely business owners is preparing to open an "action center" on the city's main street to stir up opposition to copper-nickel mining, saying risk of environmental damage to the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area isn't worth the promised jobs and economic boost to the region.April 22, 2013
• Another April winter storm for Minnesota?
  The National Weather service has posted a winter storm warning from south central to northeast Minnesota Monday tonight, including for the Twin Cities.April 22, 2013
• Como Zoo & Conservatory reaches milestone in 10-year expansion
  The 100-year-old Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul has opened a new $2.8 million wing, and visitors got their first look over the weekend. The completion of the wing leaves just one more phase in a project that has taken a decade to complete.April 22, 2013
• MDs warn teens: Skip the cinnamon challenge
  Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.April 22, 2013
• Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps
  From GPS devices and computer programs that help relatives track a wandering Alzheimer's patient to iPad apps that help an autistic child communicate, a growing number of tools for the smartphone, the tablet and the laptop are catering to beleaguered caregivers. With the baby boom generation getting older, the market for such technology is expected to increase.April 21, 2013
• Crests approaching in several towns in Midwest
  An all-too-familiar springtime ritual played out around the nation's heartland this weekend as volunteers, National Guardsmen and even prison inmates joined together in an effort to ward off fast-rising floodwaters. Dangerously high waters dotted at least six Midwestern states after torrential rains this past week.April 21, 2013
• Snow in northern Minn. followed by record cold
  A storm that left 17.7 inches of snow in the city of Duluth is followed by record low temperatures.April 20, 2013
• Motorcyclists hit road for Minn. flood run
  Motorists are advised to look twice for motorcyclists as the annual "Spring Flood Run" takes place Saturday between the Twin Cities and Winona, Minn.April 20, 2013
• Hospital confirms remains of 2nd stillborn baby are missing
  Regions Hospital says a second stillborn baby's remains were accidentally placed in laundry sent out for cleaning.April 20, 2013

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