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Lifestyle

Ultra athletes compete in International Falls Ultra Marathon

The temperature was about 13 below in International Falls when over 100 athletes started the Arrowhead 135 Ultra marathon. More than 100 competitors will spend the next couple of days skiing, biking or trekking on foot in Northeastern Minneaota for a distance of 135 miles. Stephen Regenold writes the Gear Junkie column online and in newspapers across the country. He has competed in the Arrowhead 135 as well as other extreme sports, and he spoke with MPR's Tom Crann about the event.
by Tom Crann

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Minnesota publisher welcomes iPad and iBookstore

Minnesota publisher welcomes iPad and iBookstore

Apple's new iPad device certainly has technology geeks talking, but book fanatics are interested too. Apple CEO Steve Jobs introdued the tablet device earlier this week, where he also touted the company's new iBookstore.

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New study advocates cutting down on the salt

New study advocates cutting down on the salt

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that reducing salt in your diet could have as big an impact on health as quitting smoking or losing weight. Renowned nutritionist Marion Nestle joins Midmorning to discuss the link between salt and health and delve into the economic, social, and scientific reasons that we choose the foods we eat.

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The story after a hardscrabble childhood

The story after a hardscrabble childhood

Jeannette Walls' first memoir shocked readers with her dysfunctional childhood in a poor rural Arizona town. In her latest novel, which is a fictionalized prequel to "Glass Castle," she revisits her family to explore the pioneering life of her resourceful grandmother during the Great Depression.

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