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Lifestyle

Study: Evening stress affects husbands and wives differently

A new study of married parents who both work outside the home finds that men and women experience stress differently after work. If a couple is in a satisfactory marriage, stress levels decline in the evening. But women in unsatisfactory marriages often take on the stress of a "second shift" of responsibility at home.
by Tom Crann and Nanci Olesen

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MacPhail's new Center for Music

MacPhail's new Center for Music

The century-old MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis is moving to a new home. It leaves a deteriorating building designed to be a department store to go to a state-of-the-art-facility designed with music education and the community in mind.
by Marianne Combs

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Answering the tough questions

Answering the tough questions

Midmorning's ethics expert discusses complex dilemmas that reach beyond the grave.

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Hospitals pledge 'healthy food in health care'

Fresh sauteed organically grown kale. Free range, antibiotic-free, oven-roasted chicken. Locally grown apples and Minnesota maple syrup reduced to a simmering sauce. It sounds like a menu at a fine restaurant. But sustainable, locally grown, organic foods like these are showing up in hospitals around the country.
by Tom Crann and Nanci Olesen

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The year in food

The year in food

In a year that saw several Twin Cities restaurants close their doors, one food critic says there is reason for hope. Rick Nelson talks about his favorite new restaurants.

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The Sober Guy brings drunk drivers home

The Sober Guy brings drunk drivers home

Two young entrepreneurs in Fargo have started a new business to help drunk drivers get home safely. The business, called Sober Guy, is generating interest around the country.
by Dan Gunderson

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Slideshow: Jim Brandenburg's swan photos

Slideshow: Jim Brandenburg's swan photos

A major winter gathering spot for trumpeter swans is on the Mississippi River in central Minnesota. Warm water discharged from the the Monticello nuclear power plant keeps the river ice-free and as many as 1,500 of the birds gather in one spot at a time. Minnesota photographer Jim Brandenburg took in the noisy scene recently, and he shared a few of his photos with MPR.

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