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Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks and Arthur Brooks on finding meaning in our work

Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks and Arthur Brooks on finding meaning in our work

An Aspen Ideas Festival discussion about finding meaning in your work. David Brooks of the New York Times and Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute say we need to make ourselves useful and do skillful, competent work. And seeking money, power, pleasure and fame won't usually lead to a happy life.

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Massachusetts joins state-led efforts on equal pay for women

Massachusetts joins state-led efforts on equal pay for women

As part of a state law designed to help equalize pay for women, employers are now prohibited from asking about an employee's previous salary. Advocates say the question creates a cycle of low pay.
by Fred Thys

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Minneapolis considers minimum wage, police insurance referenda

Voters could determine the fate of the proposals in November if the Minneapolis City Council decides to include them on the ballot.
by MPR News Staff

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Mo' money, mo' bug problems: Wealthier homes are rich in insects too

Mo' money, mo' bug problems: Wealthier homes are rich in insects too

Looking for a healthy variety of bugs? You might want to try searching in your wealthiest friend's house. Neighborhood income is a good predictor of the number of kinds of bugs in homes.

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Here's the colony-killing mistake backyard beekeepers make

Here's the colony-killing mistake backyard beekeepers make

While experts welcome the rising interest in beekeeping as a hobby, they warn novices may be inadvertently putting their hives, and hives for miles around, in danger.
by Dan Gunderson

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Mpls. Fed chief, activists talk about economic gap

Mpls. Fed chief, activists talk about economic gap

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis met with activists and northside residents Wednesday over racial and economic disparities.
by Peter Cox

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At Farmfest, atypical uncertainty on presidential race

At Farmfest, atypical uncertainty on presidential race

Farmers tend to vote Republican, but those at this year's Farmfest in southwest Minnesota were unusually undecided and reticent about the presidential candidates.
by Mark Steil

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Northern Minnesota oil pipeline's future unclear after Enbridge deal

Northern Minnesota oil pipeline's future unclear after Enbridge deal

Enbridge Energy says it's buying a stake in the Bakken Pipeline System, leaving unclear the future of the controversial Sandpiper line the company has proposed across northern Minnesota.
by Dan Gunderson

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