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How is everybody doing? Social media show digital trail of anxiety
For more than a decade, the Hedonometer has measured word choices across millions of tweets, every day, the world over, to come up with a measure of well-being.
Zoo scientists revive cells from 40-year deep freeze to clone endangered horse
San Diego Zoo Global researchers have high hopes that the clone can help turn things around for his species.
Can't crush this: Beetle armor gives clues to tougher planes
Scientists are studying what this bug's crush-resistant shell could teach them about designing stronger planes and buildings.
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Gray wolf loses Endangered Species Act protections
Woman walking on tracks in Kandiyohi County hit by train and dies
MnDOT testing system on downtown Minneapolis ramp to prevent wrong-way drivers
BNSF does an about face, will resume taconite dust payments to Superior homeowners
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Souhan: Fleck must prove he can win with his own defensive recruits
Wolves' Beasley charged with threatening family with gun outside home; pot stash found inside
Whalen's vow to keep Minnesota's best from leaving starts paying off
Gophers defensive back Benny Sapp III set to transfer
Business
Best Buy will open early on Black Friday, offer deals throughout November
Xcel sees rise in residential electricity use because of pandemic
US economy grew at 33% rate in Q3 but recovery is incomplete
Home, community more risky for nurses than virus patients
Opinion
Religion is on the decline, and politics is to blame
Foreign policy is on the ballot, too
Pondering how to parlay a Biden victory into a more united country
Readers Write: Pandemic responsibility, Minnesota Supreme Court, Hennepin County Board, Joe Biden
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Why use words? Emojis convey health just fine, Mayo finds
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An 'awe walk' might do wonders for your well-being
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New discoveries of our wild, wild world
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Snakes' extreme metabolic feats may yield human treatments
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Neighborhood may matter more than race in breast cancer survival rates
Variety
Creepy doll contests: The spooky historical dolls terrifying Minnesotans this Halloween
A full weekend of Halloween entertainment, live and virtual
In new Halloween movie 'Come Play,' you can never escape your own online profile
Citing crime and COVID, iconic Grand Ave restaurant is closing for winter
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Gail Rosenblum
Ann Bancroft Foundation's new director wants girls to dream big
She's only weeks into her role, but Katie Lauer has been preparing for the job much of her life.
James Eli Shiffer
Minneapolis' posting of 'deleted' EPA pages is a bit overheated
One problem: The web pages in question are still on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's website. You can find them linked from the EPA home page.
Steve Alexander
Alexander: Cellphone won't live-stream sports anymore
Q: I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Nexus cellphone last July because it could stream live sporting events and was a size I liked. Then I…
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Politics
Pelosi scolds White House over no response in virus talks
In video, 4 Minnesota governors call for 'civility' around election
Trump official seeking retired cops as Mpls. 'poll challengers'
Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US
Nation
Falwell sues Liberty, saying school damaged his reputation
Michigan fraternity sued over nonbinary and female members
Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast
Road, logging restrictions to end in Alaska's Tongass National Forest
World
3 dead in church attack, plunging France into dual emergency
US allows Jerusalem-born citizens to put Israel on passports
Arrest made in 2008 kidnapping of journalists in Afghanistan
Coronavirus dims Mexico's bright Day of the Dead celebration
Curious Minnesota
How many WPA projects were built in Minn. as part of FDR's New Deal?
Why do so many Twin Cities mall names end in 'dale'?
Do the Twin Cities really get their drinking water from the Mississippi River?
If Duluth is such a great outdoors city, where are all the bike lanes?
Duluth
Pence appeals to Iron Rangers with focus on jobs, economy
Will there be pent-up demand for Duluth's troubled Spirit Mountain?
Despite spotlight, Iron Range town still waiting for economic spark
Trump campaign broke agreement to follow virus guidelines at Duluth rally
Celebs
US vetted stars' politics to showcase Trump virus response
Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver dead at 81
Khloe Kardashian confirms she had coronavirus in video
Russell Wilson, Ciara fund charter school in Seattle area
Agriculture
Americans turn over a new leaf, in the produce aisle
Iowa reaches settlement on ethanol plant closure
Tariffs create mixed bag for U.S. farmers, builders
Some snow is no big deal because Minnesota farmers were far ahead on this year's harvest
Inspired
These Minnesotans' ordinary acts of kindness have made life a little easier during COVID
Facing hardship during COVID, these Minnesotans find comfort in levity
Meet Minnesota's front-line scientists, researchers working behind the scenes to fight COVID
On the front lines of COVID, Minnesota's first responders leap in despite unknown
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Scientists remove 98 'murder hornets' in Washington state
Workers from the state Department of Agriculture managed to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the U.S. without suffering any stings or other injuries, the agency said Monday.
Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought
The moon's shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected. And for the first time, the presence of water on the moon's sunlit surface has been confirmed, scientists reported Monday.
COVID makes heart attacks more deadly, study finds
"Mortality for heart attack patients ... should be in single digits. We're seeing mortality here that is 32%," said Dr. Santiago Garcia, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation.
Florida cat snares two-headed snake
The split heads on a single body is known as bicephaly, and it occurs while the snake is developing as an embryo.
Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.