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Paula Poundstone's 'Totally Unscientific' search for the secret of happiness

Paula Poundstone's 'Totally Unscientific' search for the secret of happiness

Paula Poundstone had a great idea: Try fun stuff and get a publishing company to pay for it in the name of science. The result? 'The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness.'
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Crayola gives the people what they want: a new blue crayon

Crayola gives the people what they want: a new blue crayon

After Crayola announced it was retiring the yellow crayon Dandelion, the company said its replacement would be blue, but would it be a true blue? No, it's actually an accidental blue.
by Wynne Davis

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A novel that asks: How do we forgive the ones we love?

A novel that asks: How do we forgive the ones we love?

Bookseller Josie Danz recommends a sweeping family saga that spans nearly the entire 20th century, following four generations through colonial rule, war and dislocation.
by Tracy Mumford

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'The Boy on the Bridge': This zombie story isn't dead yet

'The Boy on the Bridge': This zombie story isn't dead yet

M.R. Carey follows up his zombie apocalypse thriller 'The Girl With All The Gifts' with a standalone story set in the same world, also featuring an unusual child and a crew of determined scientists.
by Genevieve Valentine

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A music festival for 'when words end'

A music festival for 'when words end'

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto will perform this weekend at a St. Paul Chamber Orchestra event named for the Finnish composer Sibelius.
by MPR News Staff

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Book your summer: 13 great picks for young readers

Book your summer: 13 great picks for young readers

A librarian, a bookseller and an 11-year-old bookworm share their favorite reads of the moment, from picture books to young adult novels.
by MPR News Staff

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Suicide Commandos out with first new album since 1979

Suicide Commandos out with first new album since 1979

In the 1970s the Suicide Commandos were influential trailblazers in the Minnesota punk scene. They broke up in 1979 and until now have only come together for occasional reunion shows.
by MPR News Staff

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Colbert addresses #FireColbert campaign, but doesn't apologize

Colbert addresses #FireColbert campaign, but doesn't apologize

Stephen Colbert had some choice words for the president on Monday's Late Show. Despite calls from some for a boycott, Colbert said Wednesday, "I would do it again, [but] I would change a few words."

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