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• A family heirloom
  A Minnesota family's 100-year tradition -- tending a temperamental tomato plant from Germany -- may be ending.
  Jul 23, 2008
• Mosquito bites: Buck up, kiddos
  Getting bitten two or three times within 5 minutes is a tolerable limit in Minnesota, suggests an official of the Metropolian Mosquito Control District.
  Jul 15, 2008
• Project: Guthrie Theater: Creating a 'Dream'
  "A Midsummer Night's Dream" becomes reality at the Guthrie Theater after weeks of work involving scores of people. We offer a behind-the-scenes look from the first read-through to opening preview of the Shakespeare classic.
  Jul 14, 2008
• Tapping in to creativity, energy
  Honoring women may be another strategy for companies to tackle tough times.
  Jul 12, 2008
• A day to squeeze in trip to fair
  Labor Day brings both fairgoers and Republicans to St. Paul, but each group may never know that the other exists.
  Jul 8, 2008
• Hypermiler averages 100 mpg
  Coon Rapids man's driving tips might help you save fuel, too.
  Jun 28, 2008
• Feminist bookstore saved by supporter
  The Amazon Bookstore Cooperative had announced it was closing, but a fan bought the Minneapolis landmark with her IRA money.
  Jun 18, 2008
• Touched by history
  In honor of Minnesota's 150th birthday, we asked you to share accounts of your sideways associations with the glories of the state's past. Here are some of the tangential ways in which citizens have been touched by history.
  Jun 15, 2008
• Trash - or treasure?
  Sure, that thing on the curb with the "Free" sign is there because someone considers it junk. But usually within 30 minutes, someone else has claimed it.
  Jun 10, 2008
• Camp Brown Bag
  This month, it's goodbye convenient school lunch and hello summer-camp brown bag. Here's a refresher course on assembling munchable lunches for kids.
  Jun 9, 2008

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