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Lifestyle

Minn. protected by contract with new state parks vendor

Minn. protected by contract with new state parks vendor

The company that won the contract to create a new reservation system for Minnesota's state parks made big promises, including "vastly improved functionality" at lower cost, and insisted it didn't have any dissatisfied customers.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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The Week in Commentary

The Week in Commentary

A summary of this week's commentaries and a sampling of the comments they provoked.

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Jonah Lehrer speaks on creativity

Jonah Lehrer speaks on creativity

A Commonwealth Club appearance by science writer Jonah Lehrer, author of the New York Times #1 best-seller "Imagine: How Creativity Works." He explains the science of creativity and says it is not a gift, but rather a thought process that can be learned.

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Ojibwe author David Treuer's journey at Leech Lake

Ojibwe author David Treuer's journey at Leech Lake

David Treuer, an Ojibwe Indian from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, speaks at the Minneapolis Central Library as part of the Hennepin County Library's "Talk of the Stacks" series. His new book is titled, "Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life."

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Writer travels Europe with a 1963 guidebook

Writer travels Europe with a 1963 guidebook

Cathy Wurzer talks with Minneapolis writer Doug Mack. His new book, "Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day" chronicles his travels through Europe with a 1963 Frommer's guide.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Dining with Dara: Locally grown tomatoes in winter

Dining with Dara: Locally grown tomatoes in winter

If you've been in a Minnesota grocery store during the last year you've surely noticed them: Minnesota tomatoes, being sold in months that shouldn't have Minnesota tomatoes -- months like March, April and May. Our food and dining correspondent, Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine's Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, explains this tomato phenomenon.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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