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Appetites | Climate Cast

U corpse flower in full 'teenager gym socks' bloom
A rare specimen, known for the odor of rot it gives off when it blooms, burst into flower Wednesday.
Hanging on to a Fargo river home despite annual threats of flooding; eyeing the melt in Marshall
Hundreds of homes in flood-prone areas of Fargo-Moorhead are gone: bought, removed and replaced by permanent flood levees. But there are a few holdouts who feel strongly about staying near the river, even as the threat of another flood looms. PLUS: Eyeing the melt in Marshall, Minn.
Appetites: Making wedding cakes with love
Say your friend asks you to make a wedding cake. Are you qualified? Probably not. Should you do it? Amy Thielen is here to say: Yes! Absolutely!
Curlytics: The analytics revolution sweeps into curling
The analytics entrenched in baseball and other sports are meeting the swept ice, thrown stones and hammers of curling. The turn-based game on ice is primed for data derived strategies.
Communities in southern Minnesota wait, watch and brace for flooding
MPR News reporters are fanned out across the state, talking to Minnesotans about how they're dealing with the unpredictable weather and preparing for possible floods. Here's what we're seeing in the southern half of the state.
Is an insecticide that harms bees bad for deer?
It's often bees that make headlines for the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides. But a new study says the chemical might be harming white-tailed deer, too.
Top Human Services investigator on leave after report's findings
Carolyn Ham, the agency's inspector general, is off the job after the Minnesota legislative auditor found a "serious rift" between Ham and other investigators probing fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program.
Paid-leave debate splits Minnesota business owners
Business groups that carry heft around Minnesota's Capitol are lobbying against creation of a state-run family leave system, but some small entrepreneurs say they can't provide the benefit on their own.