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A Minnesota laundromat gets all dolled up
There's just one laundromat in Spring Grove, Minn. It's equipped with 18 washers and 12 dryers. Then there are the 2,726 dolls hanging from the ceiling.
Ex-offenders hope new law offers a new start
Criminal pasts can keep people out of jobs and housing. Soon, those who have paid for their mistakes may see their records wiped clean.
Video: A steampunk 'whodunit'
The Red Ribbon Society, a nonprofit volunteer organization devoted to steampunk, hosts regular mystery events — murder mystery parties set in the Victorian era with a steampunk backdrop.
How to make a festive holiday cocktail
How to make an easy, accessible and sparkling holiday drink.
Video: Vulture gets pumpkin surprise for Halloween
The University of Minnesota Raptor Center gave its 40-year-old turkey vulture some chunks of rate meat inside a carved pumpkin. We were there.
Video: Halloween, fire — and puppets
Barebones Annual Halloween Extravaganza is "Metamorphosoup," a melding of the Stone Soup folk tale with the primordial soup. Plus puppets. And fire.
Video: Butterfly House offers close-up view of monarchs
Most monarch butterflies have left Minnesota already, headed on their annual migration to Mexico, but the Science Museum of Minnesota's new Butterfly House exhibit let's you get up close and personal with them.
Twin Cities breast cancer survivors paddle dragon boats to recovery
Two teams of Twin Cities dragon boat racers head to Sarasota, Fla., this weekend to compete in the International Breast Cancer Paddler's Commission.