Good afternoon! Record-breaking achievements are usually accompanied by feelings of pride and excitement, but when Minnesota angler Brent Getzler pulled in his record-breaking burbot while ice fishing his first overwhelming emotion was disappointment. "I was hoping it was a walleye," he said. "I've been trying for that giant walleye for years, and I thought I had it." The fish is now in Getzler's freezer. He plans to get it stuffed and mounted on his wall. It might not be a walleye, he said, but it's still a record breaking catch. | Forecast
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Good morning! Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries. Highs from minus 5 to 5. A wind chill advisory is in effect for all but east-central portions of the state this morning. Speaking of our great state, Minnesota sure loves its libraries: The state's library systems have more than 3.8 million registered users, out of a population of roughly 5.5 million. Combined, the libraries make more than 52 million loans of books, e-books, DVDs and other items in a year. So what was at the top of the lending list in 2016? Turns out library users can't get enough of thrillers, World War II dramas and the idea of organizing their lives. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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Good afternoon! Authorities in St. Paul say they're caring for a newborn boy found Wednesday evening in the Cathedral of St. Paul. "I am profoundly grateful that this beautiful baby is healthy and safe and that whomever dropped him off at the Cathedral felt that this was a safe place where he would receive the care he needs and deserves as a child of God," Rev. John Ubel, the cathedral's rector, said. | Forecast
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Good afternoon! Early American cocktails were made with plenty of trial and error - and packed quite a punch. Colonists were forced to experiment when trying to re-create old recipes after being transplanted in the New World. And some of their concoctions could literally kill you. If you're still curious, spirits entrepreneur Steven Grasse has written a survival guide, tracing the history of Colonial cocktails. | Forecast
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Good morning! Partly sunny with highs from minus 5 to the single digits. A wind chill advisory is in effect for all except east-central and southeastern portions of the state this morning. Talk about eternal winter optimism. A Bemidji man has only been able to sail his ice boat half the winters he's owned it. But the years ice, wind and snow conditions are right make it worth the wait. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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Good afternoon! What to expect when you're expecting a baby dinosaur? Expect to wait. Early stages of dinosaur development remain a mystery, but researchers have uncovered a new way to study dino development using the teeth of fossilized embryos. Researchers had expected dinosaurs might take the same time to hatch as bird, between a week and a half and three months. But in fact, they stayed in the shell far longer -- between three and six months. | Forecast
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Good morning! It's probably a good thing many Minnesotans have today off work - A winter weather advisory remains in effect today and this evening. A mix of snow, light rain and light freezing rain is expected and we could see snow accumulations of around one inch, and light ice accumulations. Updraft | Forecast
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Good morning! Mostly cloudy today with light easterly winds this morning and highs near 30. Do you have trouble staying awake on New Year's Eve? Well, this year it's getting just a tiny bit harder. To keep our system of time in sync with Earth's rotation, the world's foremost timekeepers are adding an extra second to 2016. | Memorable stories of 2016 | Forecast
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Good afternoon! Is this the year you finally write that novel you've always wanted to compose? Getting started can be daunting, but prompt-based writing can shake you out of a funk and help you battle the mocking abyss of the endless white page. | The Thread | Forecast
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Good morning! Windy and cloudy today with scattered snow showers up north and east. Highs in the 20s to 30s. The year is -- finally -- almost over. Was it the worst year ever? If you believe the internet, it was -- but maybe we all just need to simmer down a little bit. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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