Home & Garden
Home listings: What $565,000 buys you in the Twin Cities area
What you get for the money in Edina, Minneapolis and Cottage Grove.
TV & Media
TV to watch: Dan Rather documentary is second-rate journalism
What TV critic Neal Justin is checking out this week.
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Your probably talk to your dog. A lot. How much does it understand?
Dogs likely get more of what we're saying, according to a new study.
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Ask Amy: Friends drift apart over religion
They both are entitled to their own beliefs.
Travel
Travel Troubleshooter: We accidentally paid for our hotel twice
Wife prepaid for the Marriott. Husband paid again at the counter. Can they get one of the payments back?
Travel
How my family aced our first-time trip to New York City
Thousands of steps, music history and a Dylanesque sighting made up an immersive first-time visit to NYC.
Inspired
Minnesota veteran makes 1,000-mile 'gratitude walk' for program that helps vets
Daniel Crawford hiked in honor of 23rd Veteran, a Duluth program that turns trauma triggers into positive vibes.
Eat & Drink
The 5 best things we ate in the Twin Cities area this week
A doughnut-congee double threat, housemade flatbread, cozy lakeside pasta, a new perky breakfast joint and bar bites at their best were among our favorites from a very decadent week.
Taste
A wild week in restaurants with 4 closings and an opening
We say goodbye to I.E., Un Dito, Ramen Shoten and Hark Cafe, while Wayzata's Grocer's Table gets a sister restaurant.
Eat & Drink
6 Minnesota breweries win medals at 2024 World Beer Cup
Start mapping your brewery tour now to sip these award-winnings beers, crowned this week at the annual international competition.
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The stolen ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' were recovered by the FBI. But the tale isn't over.
The reporter who dug up the dirt, the museum head who took the heat and Grand Rapids itself are forever changed by the ruby slipper theft.
TV & Media
Caitlin Clark helps KARE 11 and Fox 9 reporters bond with their daughters
Lou Raguse and Paul Blume teamed up to coach a winning basketball team.
Home & Garden
Fewer loon chicks surviving due to climate change, researchers say
Increased rainfall is decreasing water clarity, making it harder to find food for chicks.
Home & Garden
New book helps you know your flycatchers
Three of Minnesota's common flycatchers are in the field guide.
Stage & Arts
'A Year With Frog and Toad' closes a chapter at CTC
Peter Brosius readies his swan, er, swamp song, after 27 years as the artistic director with the musical that went from Minneapolis to Broadway in 2003.
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Indian classical music: Lean in, it's fun, two performers say ahead of St. Paul show
The Carnatic violinist and Hindustani vocalist will meld their different styles in a concert Friday in St. Paul.
Music
Meet the man setting a new standard for cool vibraphone music in Minnesota
Steve Roehm pipes up to discuss a new album by his lesser-known group, the Neighborhood Quartet.
Music
Review: Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' needed an editor
Despite high points, the 31-song double album is verbose, suffering from sonic sameness.
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