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Lifestyle

May Day Parade and more this weekend

May Day Parade and more this weekend

The annual May Day Parade, presented by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis, is just one of the events going on this weekend.

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Attending Taste of Minnesota costs $20 this year

Organizers of the Taste of Minnesota festival on Wednesday announced a new marquee lineup for the festival's musical acts this year. But they're also tripling the price of gate admission for the prime time entertainment.
by Tim Nelson

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Divorce interrupted

Divorce interrupted

Author Laura Munson was raising two children with her husband of ten years when he said he wanted out of their relationship. She has a surprising reaction to his request that she says actually kept her family together.

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Talking with teens about driving

Talking with teens about driving

In response to weekend traffic accidents that claimed 11 lives in Minnesota, including 7 teenagers, MPR talked with teens about their driving habits and the habits of their friends.
by McKenna Ewen

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Critters and plants active in early spring

John Latimer hosts "The Phenology Show" on KAXE radio in Grand Rapids. Phenology is the study of how climate affects plants and animals, so he keeps track of how the trees and critters around him are changing all year round.

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Outdoor groups unhappy with tribes' claim for fishing, hunting rights

Outdoor groups unhappy with tribes' claim for fishing, hunting rights

Some Minnesota outdoor groups are expressing frustration with two Ojibwe Indian bands in northern Minnesota that plan to reassert hunting and fishing rights they believe are protected by federal treaties from the 1800s.
by Tom Robertson

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Two northern Ojibwe bands say it's their turn on treaty rights

Two northern Ojibwe bands say it's their turn on treaty rights

The Leech Lake and White Earth Ojibwe Indian bands are gearing up to reassert hunting and fishing rights they say are guaranteed by 19th century treaties. The push by the northern Minnesota bands comes more than a decade after the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe won a similar claim in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.
by Tom Robertson

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Work on James Bond film suspended amid MGM woes

Producers say work on the next James Bond film has been halted indefinitely because of uncertainty about the future of distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

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