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Several hundred bats have been found dead in northern Minnesota. Officials say the bats were infected with white nose syndrome, a disease that kills hibernating bats. And when bat populations decline, higher mosquito numbers often follow. Read more here.
 

Google's AI program beats human world champ in game of Go

"They were neck-and-neck for its entirety, in a game filled with complex fighting," according to a recap. The five-game match will continue through the weekend.

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After equipment woes, NASA mission to Mars is rescheduled for 2018

The InSight mission, which would send a lander to detect marsquakes and study the planet's interior, was scheduled for this month. It has been delayed because a pivotal piece of equipment was flawed.

Another primary night's results confound (at least some) expectations

Bernie Sanders needs to make a habit of winning, and by wider margins than in Michigan. Still, however steep the climb may appear, this Tuesday made it harder than ever to count the Vermonter out. | Election 2016

30 pounds of opium seized from MSP airport passenger

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release that officers found the substance in the bag of a 35-year-old woman arriving from Laos via Tokyo.


 
 

Appetites: The local and nutritious appeal of hazelnuts

Hazelnuts are versatile, high in protein and even good for the land, says cookbook author Beth Dooley.

Source of bloodstream infection in Wisconsin unknown

The CDC has sent additional investigators to Wisconsin to find the source of a blood infection that officials described as the largest outbreak of a bacterium called Elizabethkingia.

Minnesota man who killed teens in his home denied new trial

Byron Smith, 67, was convicted in 2014 of first-degree premeditated murder in the fatal shootings of 18-year-old Haile Kifer and her 17-year-old cousin, Nicholas Brady.

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