Daily Digest: Lack of dead tree edition

Good Monday morning. Maybe you're like me and your Sunday papers never showed up. Or maybe the whole idea of "Sunday papers" is an old fashioned notion. In any case, here are some news items we both may have missed over the weekend.

1. Two trains have derailed in Wisconsin in two days, spilling ethanol and crude oil. (AP via MPR News)

2. Sheltered workshops for people with disabilities have left many feeling trapped with few if any other options. (Star Tribune)

3. Minnesota barely gets a passing grade in a group's ranking of clean government. (Star Tribune)

4. Ben Carson wants to move on from questions about his background. (Washington Post)

5. How was SNL with Donald Trump? A "joyless, unfunny" show says this review. (New York Times)

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