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Music
July 25, 2016
Drake pumps up the crowd during his Summer Sixteen tour with Future at the Xcel Energy on Sunday, July 24 in St. Paul.

Drake dazzles in a 'Bling'-blazing set at St. Paul's Xcel Center

Despite a late start, Drake stakes a strong claim to hip-hop's throne.
Variety
July 25, 2016
Walking across the steppingstone rocks at Itasca State Park is a rite of passage, but whether these mark the ancient source of the Mississippi may be

Could the Mississippi River actually begin in South Dakota?

Questioning whether the Mississippi begins in Lake Itasca may be blasphemy – or good geology.
Politics
July 24, 2016
Four mothers with sons in the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter prepare to embark to St. Peter for a one of their regular meetings to advocate

Moms emerge as force for change at Minn. state mental hospital

Parents want more access, more focus on treatment at state security hospital.
Music
July 24, 2016
Simon Le Bon and Dominic Brown performed together as they played with the rest of Duran Duran at the Xcel Energy Center on Saturday night.

Review: Duran Duran turns up the grooves after Chic turned it on early

REVIEW: The '80s hitmakers followed their openers' funky lead Saturday in St. Paul.
Variety
July 24, 2016
Bergen Dankey,5, buzzed about after picking up some candy from a bee hive pinada. His parents are part-time honey producers with 150 hives in the metr

The Monday Briefing: This party will be the bees' knees

Variety
July 24, 2016
VHS video cassette isolated on white background.

The end of the VCR? WHO. CARES. But maybe you should

TV & Media
July 24, 2016
Angie Harmon in "Rizzoli & Isles"

TV picks for July 25: 'Santa Claus: The Movie,' 'Rizzoli & Isles,' 'Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen'

Books
July 24, 2016
Jensen Beach.

Review: 'Swallowed by the Cold,' by Jensen Beach

FICTION: Stories reflect a world of detached folks who ache for empathy in contemporary Sweden.
Books
July 24, 2016

Review: 'Home Field,' by Hannah Gersen

FICTION: In a Clinton-era small town, a football coach and his three children struggle to go on in this tender debut.
Variety
July 24, 2016
Dani Mathers shared these images on her public Snapchat account. (The photo on the left has been modified to shield the privacy of the woman in it.)

Rosenblum: How all of us (even Playboy Playmates) can stop 'fat shaming'

To single out Dani Mathers for "fat shaming" is absurd.
Celebrities
July 24, 2016
C.J.: Sister Rosalind has one of the most gripping handshakes in the metro

C.J.: Sister Rosalind has one of the most gripping handshakes in the metro

The nun and famous masseuse has been massaging fans at St. Paul Saints games "since 1993, year one."
Travel
July 24, 2016

QUICK TRIPS: WABASHA, MINN., INDIANOLA, IOWA, AND DETROIT LAKES, MINN.

Variety
July 23, 2016

Why Lake Itasca may not be the headwaters of the Mississippi River

Variety
July 23, 2016

The dangers of weight stigma

July 23, 2016
Fishermen float near the Grassy Bay Cliffs in Sand Point Lake in Voyageurs National Park.

Details: Voyageurs National Park

Variety
July 23, 2016
Ralph Tresvant and Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition performed July 1 in New Orleans.

Best of the week: New Edition, Malala Yousafzai, Twenty One Pilots, 'Glensheen,' more

Stage & Arts
July 23, 2016
Aaron Nelson as �Simba� and the ensemble in THE LION KING North American Tour. Photo credit: Photo by Matthew Murphy

Sensory-friendly production of 'Lion King' tempers the roar

Low-sensory show, where effects such as strobe lights and shattering sounds will be modulated, caters to an autistic audience.
Stage & Arts
July 23, 2016
The cast of DISGRACED in a scene in the home of two of the characters, Amir and Emily. They are, from left, Kevin Isola, as Isaac, Bhavesh Patel, as A

Review: Guthrie's 'Disgraced' is a shattering, revelatory production

Guthrie's timely show about Islamophobia, personal ambition and American ideals offers a lot to chew on.
Variety
July 23, 2016
A group of fathers and daughters started an annual sailing trip in 1992 -- they're now on year 25. This photo is from their inaugural year.

Minnesota dads, daughters bond on 'magical' yearly Lake Superior sailing trips

For 25 years, a group of fathers and daughters have sailed the Apostle Islands, and bonded in the process.
TV & Media
July 23, 2016
Gretchen Carlson, center, with her attorneys Martin Hyman, right, and Nancy Erika Smith at Smithís home in Montclair, N.J., July 12, 2016. In a f

More workplace problems at Fox News surface

Workplace problems were broader than Roger Ailes.
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