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Cathy Wurzer
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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Minnesota rain gardens go big to fight pollution, reuse water

Minnesota rain gardens go big to fight pollution, reuse water

Minnesota cities use rain gardens and other "green infrastructure" to keep stormwater from polluting lakes and rivers. Inver Grove Heights is putting that science to use on a massive scale.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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James Bond movies had only one No. 1 song

"A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran hit No. 1 30 years ago for the James Bond movie of the same name. It's the only song from a Bond film to make it to that spot.

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Paid celebrities give hearing foundation a louder voice

Paid celebrities give hearing foundation a louder voice

Starkey Hearing Foundation raises millions with its celebrity-studded annual gala fundraiser. It uses some of the money to give away hearings aids all over the world. But some goes to the charities favored by Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and other celebrities it enlists.
by Tom Scheck

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Entrepreneur focuses on gift of hearing

Entrepreneur focuses on gift of hearing

Bill Austin started out wanting to be a doctor. Instead, he launched a hearing aid company that has become the fifth largest in the world and now focuses his passion on giving away hearing aids to those without access to them.
by Tom Scheck

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