MPR News Update

Sometimes a person just needs a weekday pick-me-up. We offer this striking collection of beard and mustache photographs. Enjoy!
"Fargo," the television show based on the Coen brothers' 1996 film, returns for a second season this Monday. To get prepared, we're studying up on season one and unloading everything we know about season two.
Dave Baker is homeless. He's also a runner. At the Twin Cities Marathon Sunday, he'll be racing against time — to qualify for Boston, and to beat the clock on a degenerative disease. | Live marathon coverage
ICYMI: It's a golden age of women in comedy, comedian Anabelle Gurwitch says, or at least a cubic zirconium age. Check out our list of funny books by funny women.
No joke: Minnesota professor wins nation's top humor writing award. "I didn't know you were funny!" That's what friends told Julie Schumacher after reading "Dear Committee Members," her satire on academic life.
Hold it! There will be no working restrooms in the Capitol during the 2016 session. Lawmakers, lobbyists and the public will need to use porta-potties outside the building.
Fall color season is off to a pokier-than-normal start, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Here's where to see colors this weekend.
A row among newspapers is afoot in Minnesota's Iron Range. NewsCut explains how the papers are duking it out on the editorial page.