MPR News Update

The latest on Syria, more on the impact of the sequester, a new offer to orchestra musicians, and Fair animals get their glam on

U of M, Mayo feeling federal budget cuts Minn. Orchestra management makes new contract offer Photos: Animals get glammed up at the fair Suicide numbers up for working age Minnesotans #fairhack of the day: Camping at the State Fair State Fair University: The history and future of glass Climatologist says late-season heat wave unusual Butch Thompson, a Minnesota jazz classic for the ages Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and Nobel winner, has died Ecologists deploy goats to eat buckthorn on Miss. River bluffs Vikings in tight 24-23 preseason win over Titans Photos: Minnesota Vikings beat Tennessee Titans Gophers dispatch UNLV 51-23 Gophers offense still a question mark despite big win Parents hope school district learns from heat cancellations People without air conditioning look for cool spaces HPV vaccine for boys has 'good start' in 1st year States offered more time to ignore education law 'Bibles, Badges and Business' come together for immigration reform First Surly brewery blueprints released Worker health coverage to continue at Minnesota's top employers Rep. Joe Atkins wants Wisconsin gov. to stop 'exaggeration and propaganda' Minn. woman pleads guilty to perjury in al-Shabab investigation