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Lifestyle

Travel in a changing world

Travel in a changing world

Rick Steves believes a life devoted to thoughtful travel can change your assumptions and broaden your perceptions. He joins Midmorning to talk about how people can gain a better understanding of the geopolitics of the work through travel.

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Traveling with technology

Traveling with technology

Technology and social media can enhance the travel experience, but is their a point where constant Facebook updates and tweets about a vacation override the actual experience?

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Winter Carnival snow sculptures come crashing down

Winter Carnival snow sculptures come crashing down

The last remnants of the 2011 St. Paul Winter Carnival were reduced to large piles of snow Thursday, as heavy equipment demolished the snow sculptures that had been created at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St. Paul.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Yoga for the downward facing dude

Yoga for the downward facing dude

It's late winter in Minnesota and some folks are looking for activities to exercise the body and the mind. But essayist Peter Smith has found one activity that some Minnesotans just aren't quite ready to embrace.
by Peter Smith

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Photos: The Luminary Loppet

Photos: The Luminary Loppet

Thousands of luminaries marked the course on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis Saturday for the Luminary Loppet, a nighttime ski event that is part of the City of Lakes Loppet ski festival.
by Gina Reis

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Green Bay ready for giant Super Bowl party

Green Bay ready for giant Super Bowl party

Here's how the NFL's smallest city gets ready for the Super Bowl: Go to church on Sunday morning. Put on your Packers gear. Then it's time for sports bars and beer, buffets and tailgating, all leading up to kickoff and the hope of a fourth Lombardi Trophy coming to Titletown.

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

This week, MPR News checked in on crime in Rochester, welcomed a new MnSCU chancellor and visited the creation of Ice Henge in Minneapolis.

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Ryan Anderson wins Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon

Ryan Anderson wins Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon

Ryan Anderson of the northern Minnesota town of Ray has won the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in a neck-and-neck finish.

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Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring

Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring

To the relief of the winter-weary, the world's most famous groundhog predicted an early spring Wednesday.

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