Lifestyle

Has the luster rubbed off the iPhone 4?
The iPhone 4 was supposed to be faster and more reliable than the previous generations of attention-grabbing mobile device. Glitches continue, the latest affecting the rates of data upload. MPR tech expert Jon Gordon parses the good and the bad with the new smartphones.
Top travel search websites reviewed
The best sites reflect the new realities of travel, and offer to include luggage fees in fare calculations.
New York Mills: Sheep are par for the course
Retired veterinarian Howard Legried built his very own field of dreams. But his masterpiece is not a ball diamond. Instead, he carved a nine-hole golf course on his sheep farm.
Essayist Peter Smith honors the small engine repairman
Summer is with us, and so too are all the little gas-powered machines and gardening tools -- devices that can be just a bit erratic when it comes to getting them started and keeping them going. You may not know what to do, but this week essayist Peter Smith honors a noble, quintessentially Minnesotan profession whose practitioners almost certainly do.
Minn. canoe businesses see steady drop in visits
Visitor use in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has dropped about 12 percent over the past six years, according to U.S. Forest Service figures.
Officials are reminding the public to be safe on the water this Fourth of July weekend. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says safety starts with wearing a life jacket.