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New study advocates cutting down on the salt

New study advocates cutting down on the salt

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that reducing salt in your diet could have as big an impact on health as quitting smoking or losing weight. Renowned nutritionist Marion Nestle joins Midmorning to discuss the link between salt and health and delve into the economic, social, and scientific reasons that we choose the foods we eat.

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St. Paul Winter Carnival ice sculptures

St. Paul Winter Carnival ice sculptures

The ice sculptures in Rice Park are a staple of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Here are just a few of the many creations visitors might see slowly melting this year.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Shut-down Hobbit Travel sets up refund process

A Twin Cities travel agency that abruptly closed its doors last month says has set up a procedure for customers to get refunds.

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Concerns over coyotes have some considering bounties

Concerns over coyotes have some considering bounties

Growing concerns over Minnesota's coyote population affecting livestock farming, some are considering a law that allows legal bounties on the predator to encourage increased hunting.
by Mark Steil

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The story after a hardscrabble childhood

The story after a hardscrabble childhood

Jeannette Walls' first memoir shocked readers with her dysfunctional childhood in a poor rural Arizona town. In her latest novel, which is a fictionalized prequel to "Glass Castle," she revisits her family to explore the pioneering life of her resourceful grandmother during the Great Depression.

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Civil rights icon King remembered in hometown

Civil rights icon King remembered in hometown

Worshippers were urged Monday not to "sanitize" the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Atlanta church where he preached, while others were going to march in Alabama and President Barack Obama honored King by serving meals to the needy.

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Weekend road closings on I-35W in Richfield

Motorists will encounter detours and increased congestion on I-35W in Richfield this weekend, when the southbound lanes close at the western junction of Hwy 62.
by Madeleine Baran

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Winter home repair

Winter home repair

Ice dams on your roof? Frozen pipes? Windows letting in too much of that cold winter air? Midmorning's home repair experts will answer your questions about those vexing winter home problems.

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