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Eat, don't drink and still be merry: Staying sober through the holidays

Eat, don't drink and still be merry: Staying sober through the holidays

Before she stopped drinking, Sarah Hepola relied on alcohol to get her through the holiday season. "What nobody mentions about all the holiday spirit is how much booze it requires," she says.
by Sarah Hepola

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Geminids meteor shower peaks Tuesday amid full moon

Geminids meteor shower peaks Tuesday amid full moon

NASA says the Geminids are one of the best and most reliable meteor showers. Sky watchers should head somewhere away from city lights to a spot with a wide open view of the sky.
by The Associated Press

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A lifelong secret: Can you help this ailing 94-year-old man make amends?

A lifelong secret: Can you help this ailing 94-year-old man make amends?

An effort to cover up a schoolyard incident led to decades of regret for Joseph Linsk. "The event never left me," he says, as he reveals a secret he's been keeping since the 1930s.

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Appetites: Why a top chef is leaving his restaurants

Appetites: Why a top chef is leaving his restaurants

Chef Landon Schoenefeld is a major name in the Twin Cities food world. So when said he was leaving his restaurants Nighthawks and Birdie, it was news.
by Tom Crann

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How just 8 flavors have defined American cuisine

How just 8 flavors have defined American cuisine

In her new book, Sarah Lohman says that even though America is culturally and ethnically diverse, its food is united by a handful of tastes that have permeated our nation's cuisine for centuries.
by Alan Yu

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What's a song that could ruin your whole day?

What's a song that could ruin your whole day?

A Canadian police department jokingly said they'd punish drunken drivers by making them listen to Nickelback. That got NPR's Weekend Edition crew thinking: What song would you pick as punishment?
by Martha Ann Overland

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Americans don't trust scientists' take on food issues

Americans don't trust scientists' take on food issues

A new survey finds strong public support for organic food, and suspicion of GMOs -- regardless of whether people vote Republican or Democratic. Also, people don't trust scientists much at all.
by Dan Charles

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Appetites: Ready or not, here's another feast

Appetites: Ready or not, here's another feast

After last week, you not be prepared for it, but there is a big two-day feast going on in Rochester.
by MPR News Staff

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Your dog remembers every move you make

Your dog remembers every move you make

Our canine pals remember lots of facts, like where to find the food bowl. Now there's evidence they also have aspects of "episodic memory," which allow them to relive experiences and events.
by Jon Hamilton

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Lynne Rossetto Kasper's 'Turkey Confidential'

Lynne Rossetto Kasper's 'Turkey Confidential'

Lynne Rossetto Kasper's "Turkey Confidential." Hour 2.

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