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• Burning restrictions lifted in 32 counties
  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has lifted fire restrictions in all or parts of 32 Minnesota counties as wet weather lowers the fire danger.May 21, 2013
• Science Night: Mission to Mars
  Space geeks: Is Mars your muse? Join MPR and the Public Insight Network as we explore how Mars has changed us.May 21, 2013
• Ask Dr. Jon Hallberg: The price we pay for drugs
  American spend over $325 billion annually on drugs, but lately there's been a dip in pharmaceutical spending.May 21, 2013
• Futurist Jamais Cascio envisions a sustainable, resilient world
  Internationally renowned futurist Jamais Cascio explores the potential course of planet Earth over the next 50 years, painting a picture of what a sustainable, resilient world could look like. He says the choices we make today will shape the decades to come.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, May 21, 2013
• Search for tornado survivors nearly complete
  Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.May 21, 2013
• Moorhead may stop making sandbags
  City Manager Michael Redlinger said the city spent nearly half a million dollars preparing for potential flooding for this spring, and most of that was for 50,000 sandbags for some of the 87 homes still left on the Red River.May 21, 2013
• Why the Moore, Oklahoma tornado was so destructive
  What was it about this tornado that proved especially destructive and lethal? How is climate change affecting the frequency and intensity of tornadoes?May 21, 2013
• Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week begins
  The designation is part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the destructive nature of the tree pests, and to spread the word about the "three P's of EAB" -- Prepare, Protect, and Plant.May 21, 2013
• 20 children among dead after Oklahoma tornado
  Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.May 21, 2013
• The Moore, Oklahoma tornado: What happened, and what happens next
  Two knowledgeable voices join The Daily Circuit to talk about yesterday's disaster.May 21, 2013
• Interactive: Tornado hits Oklahoma City suburbs
  A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.May 20, 2013
• Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
  New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling.May 20, 2013
• Photos: Major tornado outbreak in Oklahoma
  A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 people south of the city. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.May 20, 2013
• Tornado tips through Oklahoma City suburbs
  A massive tornado ripped through the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon.May 20, 2013
• State: 25 sick from homemade queso fresco
  State health officials say at least 25 people have become sick from Salmonella found in a Mexican-style cheese made with raw milk.May 20, 2013

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