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Not your grandfather's hearing aid
Hearing aids have made significant advances in the past decade. The devices are smaller. Feedback has been virtually eliminated. And you can connect your hearing aid to your iPhone and other Apple devices, allowing you to stream music and phone calls directly to your hearing aid.
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BNSF plans expansion
BNSF plans to expand their railroad capacity in NE Minneapolis with a new track that will bring trains about 14 feet closer to people's homes along a tight corridor.
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Condom use down, STDs rise
A new survey at the U of M shows a drop in condom use among students having vaginal intercourse and a rise in sexually-transmitted diseases. Condom use is rising for other kinds of sex, but remains too low, university health officials say.
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Tracking a global mastermind
Here's a look at Paul Calder Le Roux's global web of criminal activity.
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Many medical devices dropping in price
Here's a look at a handful of medical devices and how the price has changed since 2010.
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Rising use of opioid drugs
A rise in opioid addictions and treatment admissions correlates not just with a rise in opioid-related deaths among young adults, but a reversal in the overall death rate of young adults.
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Dayton's $1.4 billion proposal
Gov. Mark Dayton wants to borrow $1.4 billion to pay for new buildings, airport improvements and other projects with statewide significance. The governor tried to select projects that spread the money around the state evenly.
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Dayton's clean water plan
Governor Mark Dayton unveiled a $219.7 million plan to update Minnesota's aging wastewater and drinking water systems, and protect groundwater from contamination.
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Island planned at Scherer site
Minneapolis park officials want to create an island near one that was erased by an adjoining business.
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El Niño year
This season is already cranked up and is considered to be one of the three strongest El Niño events going back to 1950.
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Hwy. 12 campaign
The stretch of Hwy. 12 from Wayzata to the Hennepin County border that is the focus of a campaign to bring traffic fatalities to zero for 12 months.
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Hottest October ever
The planet's temperature departure from the long-term average of 1.04 Celsius in October was the greatest of any month ever recorded by NASA. It marked the first time a monthly temperature anomaly exceeded 1 degree Celsius in records dating back to 1880. The previous largest anomaly was 0.97 Celsius from January 2007.
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Graphic: High poverty rates at segregated schools
Poverty rates* are highest at metro area schools that have predominantly minority student populations, according to a Star Tribune analysis of Minnesota Department of Education data.
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Mass shootings in the U.S. 2013-2015
This map has all the mass shootings in the U.S. since 2013 according to Mass Shooting Tracker.
Mass shooting is defined as four or more people murdered or injured in one event. NOTE: locations are based on generalized location data and are not precise.
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Farm fatalities highest in Midwest
From 2003 to 2013, Iowa led the nation in farm deaths. Altogether, the Midwest accounted for 44 percent of the 4,863 people who died in work-related farming accidents in that period. The Midwest also generated some of the highest fatality rates. Washington, which is one of three states that enforces workplace safety rules on small farms, had the nation's lowest fatality rate.
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Think the Fair feels crowded? Compare attendance stats
State Fair officials publish attendance data each day. Compare the crowds now to the crowds in 2014 and 2013, and grimace at the thought of that record number.
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Beating the odds
Schools showing the highest percentage of students scoring at grade level or better.
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