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An Adorably Chilling Mashup of ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Combined With ‘The Shining’

Mark Cannataro created an adorably chilling mashup that places Super Mario Bros. into the halls of The Overlook Hotel from 'The Shining'.




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Terrifying POV Footage of a Raging House Fire Captured By a Firefighter’s GoPro

A Chilean firefighter captured amazing yet terrifying POV footage of a highly destructive house fire on his GoPro.




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Artist JR Gives a Tour of His Elaborately Designed L’Observatoire Suite on the Orient Express

French artist JR gave a wonderfully detailed tour of the L’Observatoire Suite he designed for the Venice Simplon Orient Express.




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Fearless Cat Rides on Her Human’s Back While They’re Skateboarding Together

A fearless cat named Callie who was found as a kitten by her human Sam Wallace loves to sit on their back while skateboarding.




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A Touching Holiday Short About A Friendly Little Octopus Who Comes Home With a Young Beachgoer

"The Boy & The Octopus" is a touching holiday short about a tiny octopus who latches onto a young beachgoer and refuses to let go.




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Fire crews on both U.S. coasts battle wildfires

Fire crews are battling small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. A blaze in New York and New Jersey killed a parks employee over the weekend and postponed Veterans Day plans. A quarter-inch of rain fell overnight from Sunday into Monday, giving a slight respite to firefighters. 




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Minnesota Lynx GM, associate head coach leave the WNBA team

General Manager Clare Duwelius is headed to Unrivaled, the new women’s three-on-three basketball league started by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. And associate head coach Katie Smith is headed to Ohio State, where she’ll be the assistant coach for the women’s basketball team.




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John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89

John Robinson, the veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 89.




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Investigators believe Wisconsin kayaker faked his own death before fleeing to eastern Europe

Investigators say they believe a Wisconsin kayaker missing since mid-August faked his death before fleeing to Europe. 




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Denzel Washington details a retirement path that includes a role in 'Black Panther 3'

Denzel Washington is retiring after his next few projects, he said in a recent interview.




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Williams and Grant help Trail Blazers beat Timberwolves 122-108

Robert Williams and Jerami Grant each scored 19 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-108 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Naz Reid led Minnesota with 28 points in the loss while star guard Anthony Edwards pitched in 26 points.




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Olympic champion wrestler Gable Steveson ends retirement, returns to University of Minnesota

Wrestler Gable Steveson, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is coming out of retirement. Steveson will compete for the University of Minnesota for a fifth and final season. 




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‘It’s the best week’: After being wrongly incarcerated, a Minnesota man is now free

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was wrongly convicted in 2009 and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2008 murder of Jesse Mickelson in Minneapolis. 




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This blog stood on the shoulders of a giant

Paul Tosto applauded, supported, defended, and created a fair amount of the material that found its way onto these pages, and he did so without getting or needing attention. At least until today.




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Theft of the blog: Was NewsCut an act of God? Well, kind of

NewsCut was born from an idea that started with a hurricane. We knew he'd be great -- as long as no one called him a blogger.




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Theft of the blog: He can build the plane and fly the plane

Here's what it's like to fly with Bob Collins in a plane he built.




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Theft of the blog: Yes, there is a real Bob Collins. This is what he’s like

Collins vowed to not write a goodbye post. We're not sure if's staying true to that, so here comes old friend Tom Weber "to sing a little on behalf of a friend who’s made immeasurable contributions to MPR and Minnesota."




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Storytime with Bob: A treat outside of the blog

Being a member of the MPR News staff for a little over a year, and located outside of the St. Paul office, I’ve only had the privilege to observe the NewsCut magic as many readers have, with interactions through emails and reading Bob Collins’ words. But the one time I got to meet Bob in…



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Deca Durabolin

Deca Durabolin is an injectable ester of Nandrolone- a potent, reasonably mild anabolic steroid. It's especially noted for promoting massive gains in strength and muscle mass as it has a very strong binding affinity to the androgen receptor which stimulates protein synthesis as well as nitrogen retention.Deca has been demonstrated to be effective at doses as low as 100mg per week at promoting these effects, although 200-300mg/week is more common. However, Deca should not be run by women due to t [...]




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Something Wild: Boom & Bust Cycles

This episode of Something Wild was produced by Andrew Parrella: The number of acorns a tree produces in a given year has to do with masting. Not mast like on tall ships, but mast as in masticate, or to chew and it refers to the fruit, seeds or nuts that trees produce and are in turn fodder for animals. Especially in New Hampshire, oak mast follows a boom or bust cycle, which means the amount of acorns varies from year to year. Over time, evolution has favored the oak trees that demonstrate this boom or bust cycle. This keeps seed consumers off balance and that's actually a good thing. If there were the same amount of acorns every year, there would be just enough mice and turkey and deer and others to consume every single acorn. However, by producing very few acorns a couple of years running, they starve the animals and the populations of seed predators crash. Then, the oak has a boom year and there aren't enough animals to eat them all, which allows some of those acorn to become trees.




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Something Wild: New Hampshire's Bat Habitats

By the time the cold weather months hit us, three of New Hampshire’s eight species of bats have already migrated to warmer places in the South and Mid-Atlantic regions. The bat that DO overwinter in New Hampshire have relocated out of their preferred summer roosts in trees (and Dave's chimney), and into winter hibernacula like caves, mine shafts, and abandoned military bunkers where the microclimate is just right. These cozy shelters provide stable temperatures, higher humidity, and protection from predators. But they also provide the perfect climate for Psedogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome in bats. According to Sandi Houghton, a wildlife biologist for New Hampshire Fish and Game / Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Division, as many as 99% of New Hampshire’s little brown bats were wiped out because of this fungus-- found in the very places bats take winter refuge. In fact most of what’s left of the little brown bat population in New Hampshire may be




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Something Wild: Where Have All the Birds Gone?

As we hunker down for the winter weather, we’re frequently too preoccupied with what is in our front yards that we tend not to notice what isn’t there. And short of finding a postcard in your mailbox from a warm exotic location, signed by your friendly neighborhood phoebe, you probably haven’t thought much about the birds that flitted through your yard just months ago. We love to admire the birds when they’re here with us, but we’ve accepted that school-age aphorism that birds fly south for the winter. As if there was some avian Sandals resort, at which birds congregate, sipping margaritas and playing beach volleyball until it’s time to come home. But these birds are not on vacation. New Hampshire is too cold and offers too little food, so most have moved to more hospitable places in order to survive. However, migration is not one-size-fits-all. Different species practice different forms of migration. Ospreys are large raptors that feed almost exclusively on fish. Since the ice that




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Something Wild: Ode To Late February

February in New Hampshire can be a bitter time, weather-wise. In some places, layers of ice and snow still weigh heavily on conifer limbs, and on the souls of even the heartiest of New Englanders. But at last, the days are noticeably longer. So take heart winter-weary friends. The first pulses of springtime arrive in the smallest of signs.




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Something Wild: Peepers, The Unmistakable Sound of Spring

It’s an unmistakable sound. One that elicits memories, sights and scents of events long ago. It recalls the joy of youth, the possibility of a spring evening. But it can also incite insomnia and the blind rage that accompanies it.




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Something Wild: N.H.'s Wildest Neighborhoods

Here at Something Wild, we love all things wild (even blackflies !) but sometimes it can be helpful to look beyond a single species and consider how many species interact within a given environment. In our periodic series, New Hampshire’s Wild Neighborhoods, we endeavor to do just that and this time we’re looking at peatlands.




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These charts show how Trump's strategy to lose by less won the swing states

President-elect Donald Trump won the election by flipping Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin after President Biden won them in 2020. Looking at how Democratic counties voted explains how he did it.




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Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here's how and why

Black and Latino voters moved toward Republican Donald Trump in this year's presidential election, and some of the biggest shifts were among men under age 45, and that helped expand his margin over Democrat Kamala Harris. 




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More young people are surviving cancer. Then they face a life altered by it

More people are getting cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, and surviving, thanks to rapid advancement in care. Many will have decades of life ahead of them, which means they face greater and more complex challenges in survivorship. Lourdes Monje is navigating these waters at age 29.




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Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.




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What to know about Tom Homan, the former ICE head returning as Trump's 'border czar'

Homan was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 2017 to June 2018, where he was a key architect of the Trump administration's controversial family separation policy.




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Sherburne County will pay for recount of election results in close races

County officials say a damaged or uncleared memory card did not fully collect and transmit results from some mail-in ballots to the Minnesota Secretary of State's office on election night. That led to the state website displaying inaccurate unofficial results for Sherburne County.




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Trump names Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy in new administration

Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration. The announcement was first reported by CNN on Monday.




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Biden's White House invitation to Trump continues a tradition Trump shunned in 2020

Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of President Joe Biden.




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Trump plans to revoke many Biden policies. Where does that leave marijuana?

The president-elect recently affirmed that he supports legalizing marijuana for recreational use. His stance means cannabis could be a rare issue on which Trump carries a Biden policy forward.




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President-elect Trump is expected to nominate Marco Rubio for Secretary of State

If confirmed, the Florida senator would become the first Latino to ever serve as the nation's top diplomat.




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Trump election could reopen path for mining near Boundary Waters

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to reverse the Biden administration’s actions blocking copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters. But there is a lot that would need to happen before any mine could open.




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Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

The new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday. The judge said the law is "unconstitutional on its face."




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Election expert: Audits and recounts bring more confidence to the system

Recounts are expected in two Minnesota House races. The election results could determine control of that legislative body. The upcoming recounts are expected soon and come after initial ballot totals changed when election officials discovered technical glitches.




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Trump meets Biden in the Oval Office today. It's a tradition Trump skipped in 2020

President Biden called his predecessor — now, successor — a threat to democracy. Today he'll sit side by side with President-elect Trump as part of the ceremony around a smooth transfer of power.




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What to know about Kristi Noem, Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary

Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security. It's one of the biggest government agencies that will be integral to his vow to secure the border and carry out a massive deportation operation.




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Your Questions About Children & COVID-19 Answered, From Masks To Vaccines To Summer Activities

We talk about what you need to know about the importance and safety of the COVID-10 vaccine in children, and the status and process of vaccination approval for children under twelve. Also, how to navigate summer activities, travel, and masks with unvaccinated children, and the impacts of the virus on kids.




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Replay: 2021 Summer Book Show

Have you found the time to read more this past year or have you had less time or an inability to focus on the written word lately? Our annual Summer Book Show is back, and our indie booksellers have lots of titles to add to your "To Be Read" pile. Several authors are revisiting mythology, as well as revisiting American history. There's plenty of fiction for the beach or the pool, too, of course, as well as fantasy and compelling autobiographies. What are you looking forward to reading this summer?




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Rebroadcast: What's The Story Behind New Hampshire's Stone Walls?

Robert Frost famously said “good fences make good neighbors” and if you’re out for a walk in the woods in New Hampshire, you will likely find a stone wall. We talk with Kevin Gardner, a master stone builder and author of several books on the subject, about the on-going appeal of stone walls and how to build them. He explains the philosophy behind the craft of placing stone and examines the mythology of the stone wall and its place in the New England imagination.




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Writers On A New England Stage: Rebecca Carroll

The Exchange presents a special broadcast of Writers on a New England Stage with Rebecca Carroll. Carroll is an award-winning author, podcast host and Black culture critic.




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Writers On A New England Stage: Erin Brockovich

The Exchange presents a special broadcast of Writers on a New England Stage with environmental activist Erin Brockovich.




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Policast: The Legislature comes back

The Legislature is set to work again this week; counting Latinos in the census in the age of the coronavirus




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Policast: Insulin plan passes but bipartisan spirit fades

The Legislature passes an emergency insulin plan but bipartisan support is slipping for the governor’s coronavirus orders




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Policast: Will the stay at home order be extended?

Will the stay at home order be extended? And tribal governments look for help from the Trump administration




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Policast: State set to gauge budget impact of virus

State set to gauge budget impact of virus