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Success in placing shelter dogs takes more than temperament tests

Success in placing shelter dogs takes more than temperament tests

Blogger Alva Noe talks with a dog trainer who says the need to give shelters, handlers and adopters the resources required to keep dogs and people supported and safe is critical in the process.
by Alva Noë

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Seltzer's popularity bubbles up in the U.S.

Seltzer's popularity bubbles up in the U.S.

Seltzer sales have jumped 42 percent in the past five years. The bubbly water has inspired everything from tasting flights at restaurants to "LaCroix Boi," one rapper's parody ode to the drink.
by Gabe O'Connor

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Irv Williams plays Dakota Jazz Club for 98th birthday

Irv Williams plays Dakota Jazz Club for 98th birthday

Williams grew up in Arkansas and Ohio, but moved to the Twin Cities after World War II. He taught in the St. Paul Public Schools for many years.
by MPR News Staff

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Excruciating and beautiful: 'Glass Castle' author sees life on screen

Excruciating and beautiful: 'Glass Castle' author sees life on screen

The film version of "The Glass Castle," Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir, hits theaters this weekend. She hopes the film will help others deal with their troubled histories.
by Euan Kerr

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Summer Music Series: Thelonesomekid performs in The Current studio

Summer Music Series: Thelonesomekid performs in The Current studio

Painter and punk poet Gretchen Seichrist brings her new project, Thelonesomekid, into the studio for the Summer Music Series co-hosted by MPR News' Tom Weber and the Current's Andrea Swensson.
by Julie Siple, Tom Weber and Andrea Swensson

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Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world

Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world

The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a new novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
by MPR News Staff

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Alex Williams' first album debuts Friday

Williams, 26 says his father was an '80s hair band fan. It was his grandfather who introduced him to the outlaw country music that became his musical inspiration.
by MPR News Staff

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Art Hounds: A Capitol celebration for all Minnesotans

Art Hounds: A Capitol celebration for all Minnesotans

This week, Art Hounds recommend the grand reopening of the state Capitol, an art exhibit about medication and "Steel Magnolias."
by Marianne Combs

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