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Lifestyle

Hemingway boyhood home for sale in Chicago suburb

Ernest Hemingway's boyhood home in a Chicago suburb is for sale. Its current owner, the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, put the home on the market for $525,000 this week.

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Bemidji angler’s catch: a rod, walleye and eelpout

Bemidji angler’s catch: a rod, walleye and eelpout

A Bemidji man pulled up the catch of a lifetime on Wednesday while ice fishing on Lake Bemidji. After setting the hook on a bite, veteran angler Burnie Trepanier pulled from the ice hole a 28-inch walleye, an eelpout, and a winter fishing rod and reel, all at once.

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Rick Steves on travel as a political act

Rick Steves on travel as a political act

Travel expert Rick Steves speaks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about how global travel can expand our world view and shape the way we address the political challenges facing the country.

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

This week, Republican presidential candidates visited the state, we looked at the expansion of sand mining and visited the Ice Hole -- a bar on Lake Lida.

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The Ice Hole: Part bar, part ice house

The Ice Hole: Part bar, part ice house

Ice fishing and beer drinking are two closely intertwined traditions in Minnesota's winter months. Two enterprising business people in northwestern Minnesota figured out a novel way to capitalize on both.
by Nathaniel Minor

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NFL, NBC sorry after M.I.A. flips bird few noticed

NFL, NBC sorry after M.I.A. flips bird few noticed

British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to.

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City of Lakes Loppet Festival moving to Wirth Park

City of Lakes Loppet Festival moving to Wirth Park

The annual City of Lakes Loppet Festival in Minneapolis is moving from Uptown to Theodore Wirth Park just one week before the event is set to begin, organizers said Saturday. Recent snowfall has weakened ice and created puddles around the Chain of Lakes.
by Rupa Shenoy

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