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MPR News Update

MPR News Update for June 26, 2015

SubText Books is moving on up. The formerly subterranean bookstore has left its basement digs on Cathedral Hill and found a second life above ground in downtown St. Paul. Learn how to move an entire bookstore.

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MPR News Update for June 25, 2015

Are you ready for a road trip? In honor of the approaching National Paul Bunyan Day (true story!), we offer: 13 places to see Paul Bunyan this summer.

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MPR News Update for June 24, 2015

Bruce Kramer lived a remarkably rich life because of — not despite — an incurable and fatal disease. A new weekly, limited-run podcast is now available online. Check out "Living While Dying: An ALS Story" to hear insights from a man facing death.

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MPR News Update for June 23, 2015

As you might guess, there aren't a lot of Congo African grey parrots in Underwood, Minn. Here's the Johnson family's tale of a parrot named Wicket who turned up not once, but twice on the backyard deck.

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MPR News Update for June 22, 2015

It's win or go home for the United States in Women's World Cup soccer today. The U.S. is ranked second in the world and Colombia is 28th, but in this tournament, rankings don't necessarily mean much. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. CST.

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MPR News Update for June 19, 2015

In a tent, on a train, on the beach, in the backyard — summer reading brings a sense of adventure and relaxation. Here are a few titles to to pick up under the sun. For more books news, subscribe to our books newsletter from The Thread.

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MPR News Update for June 18, 2015

Alexander Hamilton, who has been featured on the $10 bill since 1929, is making way for a woman. The question now is who will be the first woman on the nation's paper money in more than a century. Stay tuned. The plan is to decide which woman sometime this summer.

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MPR News Update for June 17, 2015

A bit of sad news from NewsCut. America's oldest documented bald eagle was killed by a car on a road in New York. "He was one of us — a Minnesotan who, like a lot of Minnesotans, moved away at a young age after an initial upbringing in northern Minnesota in the mid-'70s," writes blogger Bob Collins. The eagle was 38.

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MPR News Update for June 16, 2015

Is baseball on the verge of a new cheating scandal? NewsCut has the lowdown on what appears to be a football-style wrongdoing.

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MPR News Update for June 15, 2015

Nearly two years into a clergy sex abuse scandal, Archbishop John Nienstedt has resigned as head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Complete coverage of this news event continues online. | Special investigation: Betrayed by Silence | Timeline of Nienstedt's tenure in the Twin Cities | Updates and reaction to today's news

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