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Lifestyle

Appetites: Inside the newly expanded Cossetta's

Appetites: Inside the newly expanded Cossetta's

Cossetta's has long been one of the biggest names in Italian food in the Twin Cities, and it has just gotten a lot bigger. The new pastry shop is the new crown jewel of the expansion, says the Heavy Table's James Norton.
by Tom Crann

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Paddlers honor legendary Minnesota kayaker

Paddlers honor legendary Minnesota kayaker

Ten years ago this spring, Minnesota kayaking guru and author Jim Rada died of a heart attack while descending Upper Michigan's Presque Isle River. This May a group of kayakers raced the river in his honor, sprinkling his ashes so he could ride with them one more time.
by Dan Kraker

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$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla

It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

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Minn. cycling race gives athletes a rough ride

Minn. cycling race gives athletes a rough ride

Cyclists often hunt for smooth, rural roads to ride on. Emphasis here on 'smooth.' This weekend, more than 1,000 cyclists from around the country and Europe will pound the winding, backcountry roads just south of Rochester in a 100-mile race called Almanzo. The event has become one of the nation's premier gravel road events and the route will take riders on some of the region's most rugged and unforgiving roads.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Appetites: It's cool NOT to cook

Appetites: It's cool NOT to cook

The pressure to cook is enormous. For people who don't cook, it can be shaming. Hold your head high, non-cooks. You fulfill a role not yet acknowledged in this country.
by Tom Crann

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Icy lakes greet anglers on Minnesota's opener

Icy lakes greet anglers on Minnesota's opener

Anglers who flocked to northern Minnesota were greeted by icy lakes on Saturday, making for an unusual fishing opener that matched the unusually cold spring.

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