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Farmer's market goodies

Tips for buying corn and other delights of the farmer's market as Midmorning broadcasts from the Minnesota State Fair.

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Accessibility at the fair

Since the early 1990s, the Minnesota State Fair has been actively working to improve accessibility for people who have disabilities. That means updating some old buildings, and providing many new services. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer toured the fair recently with an eye toward accessibility.

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The Enthusiasts: The treasure hunters

The sport known as geocaching combines high-tech gadgetry with the ancient lure of treasure hunting. Geocachers use hand-held global positioning satellites, or GPS units, to search for objects hidden by other geocachers, who post the GPS coordinates and other hints on the Internet.

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Skateboarder gets big air at the State Fair

One of the country's most popular skateboarders helped promote a Minnesota-based builder of skate parks during a demonstration at the Minnesota State Fair.

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Mainstreet looks at deer season

What deer hunters can expect in the way of new regulations and what they need to know about chronic wasting disease as Midmorning broadcasts from the Minnesota State Fair.

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Princesses made of butter

Minnesotans love their butter sculpture. At least that's Linda Christensen's impression from inside the big revolving, glass-enclosed refrigerator at the Minnesota State Fair. Each year at this time, Christensen spends her days in at the Minnesota State Fair creating images of dairy princesses from big blocks of butter. On Saturday, she sculpted Jessica Felling, a dairy princess from Stearns County.

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Parking in bipartisan alley

Eventually during their visit to the State Fair, more than one million Minnesotans will get tired and head for home. But for people who live near the fairgrounds, there's no going home from the fair. Some neighbors make the most of it by making a cottage industry of parking cars. Along one block, car parking brings a neighborhood together.

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Politics on a stick

It wouldn't be the Minnesota State Fair if there weren't some politicking among the cheese curds and livestock exhibits. It's not an election year for state officials, but that hasn't stopped politicians from converging on the fair. Republicans have handed out "DFL lies on a stick", and Democrats are gathering signatures asking Gov. Pawlenty to release his tax returns.

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Something old, something new at the fair

The Minnesota State Fair opened for business Thursday with Gov. Tim Pawlenty greeting some of the first visitors early in the morning. As always, there's a mixture of new attractions and old standbys at the fair, which officials hope will draw more than 1.75 million people over the next 10 days.

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Bugs in the garden

Now that it has rained, we may find mosquitoes joining the wasps and bees in our gardens. A bug expert answers your questions about the pests and welcome garden visitors.

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