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Appetites | Climate Cast

Appetites: A bumper crop in store for Minnesota's apple orchards

Appetites: A bumper crop in store for Minnesota's apple orchards

We can thank the relatively cool summer and even temperatures for what's certain to be an abundant harvest, says cookbook author Beth Dooley.
by Tom Crann

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Legal system churns as Dru Sjodin's killer appeals death sentence

Legal system churns as Dru Sjodin's killer appeals death sentence

Nine years after Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. received the death sentence for abducting and murdering the 22-year-old college student, his lawyers are still working to keep him alive. The latest effort came Wednesday.
by Dan Gunderson

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Climate change affects lakes, walleye in complex ways

Climate change affects lakes, walleye in complex ways

A complicated web of relationships among the species in a lake makes simple explanations hard to come by.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Hallberg's Picture of Health: The meningitis vaccine

The annual return to school heralds another rite of passage for adolescents: the meningitis vaccine.

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Convicted priest wants to buy St. Paul chancery, aid sex abuse victims

Convicted priest wants to buy St. Paul chancery, aid sex abuse victims

The Rev. Gilbert Gustafson, a priest convicted of child sex abuse, is behind a new effort to buy the Twin Cities archdiocese headquarters and turn it into a healing center for abuse survivors.
by Madeleine Baran

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Minnesota pheasant numbers jump; long-term worries remain

Minnesota pheasant numbers jump; long-term worries remain

Good weather conditions have pushed Minnesota pheasant numbers 33 percent higher this year compared to 2014, the DNR says. Habit loss, however, remains a big concern for the birds' future.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Two things that changed walleye fishing in Minnesota

Two things that changed walleye fishing in Minnesota

Take a drive north and you'll see $50,000 boats and whole communities built off the walleye fishing industry. It wasn't always that way.
by John Enger

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Faces of the fair: Sean Emery, juggler

Faces of the fair: Sean Emery, juggler

"I'm basically an ex-circus clown," Sean Emery Said. "One of the finest entertainers in the Midwest -- not the whole world -- just the Midwest."
by Tim Nelson

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Faces of the fair: Down the Rabbit Hole

Faces of the fair: Down the Rabbit Hole

The Rabbit Hole is serving up modern twists on traditional Korean food at the fairgrounds. This is the first year the Rabbit Hole's owner, Thomas Kim, has made the trek to the fair.
by Tim Nelson

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