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Are gummy bear flavors just fooling our brains?

Are gummy bear flavors just fooling our brains?

Color really does impact our perception of taste -- even if the ingredients are otherwise the same, scientists say. It's something candy companies use to their advantage.
by Ashlie Stevens

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Keillor, MPR say they're in mediation

Keillor, MPR say they're in mediation

The company severed its contracts with the longtime host of A Prairie Home Companion after allegations of inappropriate behavior.
by Laura Yuen and Eric Ringham

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What history and fiction teach us about women and power

What history and fiction teach us about women and power

Psychologist Tania Lombrozo considers two books: In one, we learn what ancient Greece can tell us about Twitter trolls and, in the other, we're shown a world in which women have power over men.
by Tania Lombrozo

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'Testify' exhibit showcases personal art collection and a mission for Alan Page

'Testify' exhibit showcases personal art collection and a mission for Alan Page

A prominent Minnesotan and his family are sharing their personal collection of slavery artifacts and African-American art in hopes of reframing the conversation on race in America today.
by Nina Moini

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Justin Timberlake releases single ahead of Super Bowl

Justin Timberlake releases single ahead of Super Bowl

Justin Timberlake has released a single called "Filthy" from his forthcoming album "Man of the Woods."
by MPR News Staff

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'A new day is on the horizon': Oprah triumphs at black-draped Globes

'A new day is on the horizon': Oprah triumphs at black-draped Globes

With a red carpet dyed black by actresses dressed in a color-coordinated statement, the Golden Globes were transformed into an A-list expression of female empowerment in the post-Harvey Weinstein era. Oprah Winfrey led the charge.
by The Associated Press

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Jerry Van Dyke, 'Coach' star and brother of Dick, dies at 86

Jerry Van Dyke, 'Coach' star and brother of Dick, dies at 86

On "Coach," he was assistant coach Luther Van Dam, comic foil to Craig T. Nelson's coach Hayden Fox. The two headed up a hapless Minnesota college football team.
by Associated Press

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In 'Red Sky at Noon,' a Western on the Eastern front

In 'Red Sky at Noon,' a Western on the Eastern front

Simon Sebag Montefiore's new novel, set during World War II, follows a Jewish political prisoner who's pressed into a battalion of convicts and Cossacks and sent to fight the Nazis on horseback.

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