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Famous 'Curly Girl' hairstylist now urging women to embrace their gray
With her new book, a longtime stylist hopes to free women from the tyranny of coloring gray hair.
Business
Protect your 401(k) from rising interest rates with this plan
As the Fed hikes rates, your retirement account balances may shrink, but that doesn't mean you should press the panic button.
Minneapolis
Met Council may explore Uber, Lyft service for disabled people
As baby boomers age and demand for new transit options surges, other cities including Boston, Kansas City and the St. Petersburg, Fla. area, are experimenting with programs involving ride-sharing firms, too.
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Friends across generations: Profiles of connections between people of different ages
Yes, people from different age groups can make for great bonds. We talked to four unique intergenerational pairs.
Home & Garden
Baby boomers tell all about selling their suburban homes and moving to downtown Minneapolis
What's it really like to shed your big suburban home and move downtown? Empty nesters tell all — the good, the bad and the surprising.
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My Great Decluttering Experiment
Four techniques, four weeks, 20 years of stuff. Could I get organized once and for all?
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The best way to spend safely in retirement
Researchers ran the numbers to create a workable strategy.
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How boomers can propel the #MeToo movement
By combating sexual harassment, they can leave a major workplace legacy.
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My Good Life: Two authors share an intergenerational connection
Writers Kit Naylor, 64, and Faith Sullivan, 84, share a mother-daughter bond of sorts, without actually being related.
Stage & Arts
Park Square Theatre's artistic director ready to leave after 43 years
Park Square's "accidental artistic director" Richard Cook will retire this fall on his 70th birthday.
Business
VR helps seniors cope with depression, anxiety, Minneapolis center finds
A test program has yielded promising results at Ebenezer Care Center.
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Duluth sisters want to help you fight the winter blues – on a bus
The Sol Sisters treat sun-starved Minnesotans to a dose of warm light.
Business
U survey pinpoints need to better understand older workforce
As labor market tightens, some are finding ways to keep older workers on job.
West Metro
Video released of pricey sports cars topping 100 mph in pack on I-394
With case against drivers closed, authorities release audio and video records from 2016 escapade.
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Ageism is everywhere — here's what we can do about it
Casual age bias is so pervasive that most of us don't even realize we're doing it. The first step to fighting it, experts say, is to simply be aware of it.
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For this couple, it's charity cup by cup
A heartbreaking 2015 trip to Haiti prompted Brandy and Steve Siewert to help children living in dire poverty.
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Catholic Eldercare foresees new NE. Mpls. rentals
The five-story building, for people 55 and older who live independently, would be called Alta Vita.
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