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Lifestyle

Can't find an affordable home? Try living in a pod

Can't find an affordable home? Try living in a pod

Co-living projects are popping up in cities where housing costs are too expensive for middle-income residents. It's dorm life for adults, with shared kitchens and bathrooms, and it doesn't come cheap.
by Anna Scott

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An urban ink forager explains how to paint with all the colors of the alley

An urban ink forager explains how to paint with all the colors of the alley

Concerned about keeping toxic art supplies around his kids, Jason Logan began making his own all-natural inks. He shares his process in a new book — and on a gathering expedition in Washington, D.C.
by Ari Shapiro and Kat Lonsdorf

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Minnesota Zoo's Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is a walk through time

Minnesota Zoo's Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is a walk through time

More than 5,000 carved and intricately etched pumpkins await visitors to the Minnesota Zoo's first Jack-O'-Lantern Spectacular. Head carver offers home artists tips on creating jack-o'-lanterns.
by Chris Graves

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Don't stop be-leafing: Minnesota's best weekend fall color

Don't stop be-leafing: Minnesota's best weekend fall color

The southern half of Minnesota is ablaze — in a good way! Fall foliage is at its peak in the Twin Cities and across large swaths of southern Minnesota, but the end is near. Here's a look at the DNR's color finder.
by MPR News Staff

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Appetites: Dried bean bonanza

Appetites: Dried bean bonanza

Chef and author Beth Dooley shares her insights into the delights of dried beans and cranberries. She has a few recipes and a guide to bean types to share, too.

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Deadly new deer disease lands in Minnesota

Deadly new deer disease lands in Minnesota

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease is 90 percent fatal in captive whitetail herds. Cases have been confirmed in South Dakota and Wisconsin, and now, here. The virus is not known to cause disease in humans.
by John Enger

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