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Rivers of Oil podcast, Episode 1: Pipes

Rivers of Oil podcast, Episode 1: Pipes

Pipelines are everywhere, 2.5 million miles of them, forming a web under our feet, our rivers, our roads. And today, nearly every time a new pipeline is proposed, it's met with protest. Now, the battle over those pipelines -- with all its costs and its chaos -- looks to be headed for Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker, Julie Siple, Cody Nelson and Bill Wareham

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Compulsive video-game playing now new mental health problem

Compulsive video-game playing now new mental health problem

In its latest revision to an international disease classification manual, the World Health Organization said that classifying "Gaming Disorder" as a separate condition will "serve a public health purpose for countries to be better prepared to identify this issue."
by The Associated Press

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Minn. regulators will soon decide on the Line 3 oil pipeline's fate. Here's how to follow along

Minn. regulators will soon decide on the Line 3 oil pipeline's fate. Here's how to follow along

State regulators are holding hearings this week as they make final decisions on whether to let Enbridge Energy build its controversial oil pipeline replacement.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Cody Nelson

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Flash flooding swamps parts of NE Minnesota, NW Wisconsin; some rivers still rising

Flash flooding swamps parts of NE Minnesota, NW Wisconsin; some rivers still rising

Heavy rain late Saturday into early Sunday -- in excess of a half-foot in places -- led to flash flooding that washed out highways in parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
by Andrew Krueger

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Army narrows list of cities down to 5 for new command HQ; Minneapolis makes cut

Army narrows list of cities down to 5 for new command HQ; Minneapolis makes cut

Col. Patrick Seiber told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper that Minneapolis and Austin, Texas, are finalists for the Futures Command headquarters along with Boston, Philadelphia and Raleigh, N.C.
by Associated Press

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Oil pipeline's fans, foes gear up for testimony over the fate of Enbridge's Line 3

Oil pipeline's fans, foes gear up for testimony over the fate of Enbridge's Line 3

With billboards, TV ads and mass mailings, the groups facing off over the Line 3 oil pipeline project in Minnesota are setting up for what could be a long, emotional fight, beginning with a key decision later this month at the Public Utilities Commission.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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