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By Ben Thorp Every winter outdoor enthusiasts gather on Black Lake in Cheboygan County Michigan, not far from Lake Huron, on a crusade to catch the state threatened prehistoric fish. Black Lake is about six miles long– and every February anglers cut holes in the ice, wheel out shacks, and tie up spears. They're preparing to go after the Lake Sturgeon—a fish that some say is “as old as the dinosaurs”. It's an ancient bottom feeder that can grow to more than seven feet long and live to be 150 years old.

Have you ever thought of board games as art? It’s the medium of choice for artist Simon Denny. The Germany-based artist reimagined popular board games to explore how business- particularly tech- affects culture. “I wanted to pick various different board games, which I felt had the potential to tell these various different stories about tech culture and some of the values of tech,” he said. His version of “The Game of Life” follows the path of a tech founder.

Overall, this season's vaccine is about 36 percent effective in blunting or preventing flu, health officials say. That's better than earlier predictions, and good enough to prevent flu in thousands.

With few exceptions, neighborhoods in Cleveland are largely white or largely black. This geographic segregation has serious ripple effects for everyone, and it didn’t happen by chance, but rather by specific policies and events. We’re looking at this phenomenon for the next several days in the series Divided by Design. The series’ coordinating producer, ideastream’s Anne Glausser, spoke with “Morning Edition” host Amy Eddings about the series. On the genesis of “Divided by Design”:

Nearly 3.8 million customers lack electricity in Florida Wednesday, along with hundreds of thousands more in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

President Trump's decision to impose 25 percent tariff on foreign steel, and 10 percent on foreign aluminum was not a surprise for those who followed his campaign rhetoric. But Ohio State University economist Ned Hill was surprised by *how* the President announced the decision, without perhaps considering all of the repercussions. He says one of the benefits of free trade is forcing industries to become more competitive on the international market, which is ultimately what happened to the steel industry.

The ACLU is suing Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state and former leader of Donald Trump's disbanded voter fraud commission, over his state's restrictive voter registration rules.

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan says he won’t manage a declining city, planning instead to increase population and support entrepreneurs. The first-term mayor delivered his state of the city address on Wednesday, saying Akron must innovate while remaining financially stable. The Akron Roundtable hosted the event. “Akron needs to be a city that thrives and not just survives,” Horrigan told his audience at the John S. Knight Center. Horrigan said he would focus resources on neighborhood commercial areas in a new program called Great Streets Akron.

Canada and the province of Ontario recently released their plan to combat toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. Phosphorus is the primary cause of the blooms that turn parts of the lake green most summers. The U.S. and Canada hope to reduce phosphorus in Lake Erie by 40 percent, from 2008 levels. It’s all part of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

China announced new tariffs on U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Chinese products.