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Aspen Ideas Festival: Strategies for happiness in life

Aspen Ideas Festival: Strategies for happiness in life

Arthur Brooks ties together philosophy, art, music, social science and neuroscience to suggest ways you can find happiness and success in every stage of life.

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The Monkees' movie 'Head' premiered in New York 50 years ago

Written in part by a then-unknown Jack Nicholson, the film is a surreal dark comedy that deals with subjects like commercialism and the Vietnam war.
by MPR News Staff

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Design college pitched in to bring order to polling-place signs

Design college pitched in to bring order to polling-place signs

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design redid the signage for a polling station on campus. Now its work is in use around the state.
by Marianne Combs

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'Those Who Knew' is an explosive moral Molotov cocktail

'Those Who Knew' is an explosive moral Molotov cocktail

Idra Novey's taut second novel focuses on the silencing of assault victims and the remorse that comes from not speaking up to power. It's not as winning as her first, but there's plenty to admire.
by Heller McAlpin

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Bruce Springsteen's critically acclaimed Broadway show closes next month

The show features Springsteen singing, playing the guitar and piano, and telling stories about his life. A soundtrack album from the show will be released in December.
by MPR News Staff

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'She got those stories that other people didn't get': New biography remembers Marie Colvin, witness to war

'She got those stories that other people didn't get': New biography remembers Marie Colvin, witness to war

The American journalist reported on the human impact of war from places few Westerners ventured. Her life is the subject of "In Extremis," by fellow correspondent Lindsey Hilsum.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove dies at age 49

Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove dies at age 49

Many of Roy Hargrove's peers regarded him as the greatest trumpeter of his generation. Through his own bands and as a sideman, Hargrove brewed his jazz with African and Latin sounds, R&B, soul, pop, funk and hip-hop.
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