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• Spring storms strand migrating loons in Wisconsin
  At least 50 loons have been rescued from farmers' fields, parking lots and roadsides since Saturday in northern Wisconsin. What's happening?May 8, 2013
• Bee deaths may have reached a crisis point for crops
  According to a new survey of America's beekeepers, almost a third of the country's honeybee colonies did not make it through the winter.May 7, 2013
• Critics want trout streams buffered from sand mining operations
  About 50 people from southeastern Minnesota gathered at the state Capitol Tuesday to sway legislators to require frac sand mines be located at least a mile away from trout streams and related waters.May 7, 2013
• Minneapolis teen bucks family's trend of teen pregnancy
  Preserving customs is important in many families and many parents encourage their children to carry on established traditions. But not all traditions need to be repeated. In this installment of MPR's Young Reporters Series, Jasmyn Taylor tells us how she's bucking the trend in her family -- by not becoming a teenage mother.May 7, 2013
• Listeners, readers tell the breast cancer story
  A discussion about breast cancer stirred listeners and readers to offer their own stories. Here are some of them.The Daily Circuit, May 7, 2013
• U of M set to enact smoking ban for Twin Cities campus
  Since 2006, more than a thousand colleges and universities have adopted smoke-free campuses. Now, the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities is close to enacting a smoking ban.The Daily Circuit, May 7, 2013
• Monkeys or humans, it's the young who go first
  A new study finds that monkeys, like humans, change their behavior to adapt to social norms and even vary their eating habits to blend in with new surroundings and new groups of monkeys.The Daily Circuit, May 7, 2013
• Meet Minnesota's new zebra mussel inspectors: dogs
  This year, zebra mussels might have a harder time escaping the state's new inspectors: three dogs specially trained to sniff out the tiny invasive species.May 7, 2013
• Voyageurs Park moose population holding steady, bucking trend
  The moose population at Voyageurs National Park near International Falls is holding relatively steady, wildlife biologists announced Tuesday.May 7, 2013
• Updraft: The spring we're looking for; rain Tuesday night
  A sunny Monday and Tuesday brings us the spring weather we've been waiting for. But starting Tuesday night, bouts of showers and thundershowers are forecast for rest of the week.May 7, 2013
• Minnesota solar power gets new boost from lawmakers
  Minnesota utilities already are replacing coal-fired power plants with windmills, prompted by the state's landmark 2007 Next Generation Energy Act. Now, state legislators have introduced bills in the House and Senate that would increase the use of solar systems in homes and businesses.May 6, 2013
• In Fargo and elsewhere, flood predicting is tough, despite reams of data
  The apparent false alarm about Red River flooding this year irritated some residents who questioned why the city spent $2 million preparing for the flood that wasn't. And that irritated Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker, who has sparred with the weather service himself in the past.May 5, 2013
• Health care overhaul costs to counties offset by federal aid
  DHS said the federal government will raise its matching grants from 50 percent to 75 percent for certain related costs starting in October.May 5, 2013
• New efforts to curb cellphone theft
  Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure.May 4, 2013
• New technology propels 'old energy' boom
  Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade -- just not the one we expected. in the race to conquer energy technology, Old Energy is winning.May 4, 2013

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