Play3min 06secLake home market coolsApril 17, 2008 1:47 PMBy Dan GundersonA slumping housing market is spilling over into lake property. The red hot Minnesota lakeshore market is slowing.
Play6min 48secGrammar Grater: Itinerant EditorsApril 17, 2008 12:27 PMJeff Deck of the Typo Eradication Advancement League (or TEAL) and his friends are touring the United States in the hope of eliminating misspellings and bad punctuation from public signage
Play4min 06secLifelong exercise may prevent precursor to Alzheimer'sApril 16, 2008 7:00 AMBy Sea StachuraA study at the Mayo Clinic finds that people who exercised consistently over 15 years were less likely to lose cognitive function.
Play53min 54secCapturing the sceneApril 15, 2008 3:19 PMPhotographer Sam Abell talks about what distinguishes a great photograph from a good one and why photographing the Mississippi to look as it did in 1803 presented a major challenge.
Report: Fishing brings $1 billion to Driftless AreaApril 14, 2008 11:55 AMThe Driftless Area includes parts of southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin. The report found more than 125,000 anglers visit the region annually, pumping about $650 million directly into the local economy.
Play53min 55secKids without marriageApril 11, 2008 3:08 PMAs the rate of babies born out of wedlock rises, some scholars argue that there is a negative social impact on children. Midmorning asks if the increasing numbers indicate a crisis after all.
Play4min 07secBoat owners could face permits for water dischargeApril 10, 2008 3:56 PMBy Bob KelleherEvery boat from cabin cruisers to canoes would have to carry a new permit as a result of a court fight over ballast water discharged from big ships.
Play3min 46secRare corpse flower blooming at Como Park's conservatoryApril 10, 2008 9:45 AMThe conservatory in St. Paul's Como Park smells like rotting flesh this morning. That's because a rare plant called the Amorphophallus titanum, or the Corpse Flower, is in bloom. Morning Edition host Perry Finelli talked with Margaret Yaekel-Twum, a horticulturist at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park.
Play8min 16secAmericans keep buying more stuff than everApril 9, 2008 12:29 PMBy Nanci OlesenMPR's Nanci Olesen speaks with sociologist Juliet Schor about why Americans keep buying goods regardless of how much they own.
State fines club in Abigail Taylor case over pool safety problemsApril 9, 2008 12:00 PMBy Patrick Condon, Associated PressThe Minnesota Department of Health is seeking a $10,000 fine against the Minneapolis Golf Club, after its investigation of the swimming pool accident that led to the death of 6-year-old Abigail Taylor found numerous safety problems in the pool.