Zombie Pub Crawl adds security as some Cedar-Riverside businesses moan In its ninth year, the Zombie Pub Crawl has grown from a scrappy DIY effort organized by a few friends to a sprawling event that's expected to bring about 30,000 people to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on Saturday.
Not everyone welcomes those playing undead.October 11, 2013
Scott Carpenter, 2nd U.S. astronaut in orbit dies As an astronaut and aquanaut who lived underwater for the U.S. Navy, Carpenter was the first man to explore both the depths of the ocean and the heights of space.October 10, 2013
Garrison Keillor speaking about public radio and the importance of enthusiasm Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, speaking at the Public Radio Program Directors Conference in September 2013. Keillor recounts his earliest days in college radio and MPR and says nothing great is accomplished without enthusiasm. He says public radio needs more enthusiasm and passion, and lectures by "people who know so much more than I do."Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, October 10, 2013
Duluth will be home to state's first public seed library Starting next spring, library customers can borrow heirloom seeds to grow in their gardens. After the growing season, they'll be asked to save a portion of seeds for themselves and return a portion to the library.October 10, 2013
Cokie Roberts on courage and compassion NPR and ABC-TV journalist and author Cokie Roberts delivers the 7th annual Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. Sponsored September 18, 2013 by the Eugene McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, October 9, 2013
If you could take a pill to slow aging, would you? While the anti-aging "cures" being marketed these days are largely snake oil, in the laboratory scientists have managed to extend the lives of laboratory animals. That's good news if you're a lab rat, but at present there are no treatments that delay aging in people. Would you use that treatment if you could.October 9, 2013
Twitter tunes in to TV partnerships ahead of IPO People don't just watch TV anymore; they talk about it on Twitter. From the comfort of couches, they share reactions to touchdowns and nail-biting season finales -- and advertisers and networks are taking note.October 7, 2013
Runaway child sneaks aboard Las Vegas-bound jet Security officials screened the Minneapolis boy at the airport shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday after he arrived via light rail, Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Patrick Hogan said. The boy then boarded a Delta flight that left for Las Vegas at 11:15 a.m. -- without a ticket.October 7, 2013
A friend's ALS death in the circle of life Bruce Kramer found a safe haven for conversation about ALS with a friend who also had the disease. They talked together freely and sometimes with raw emotion.October 7, 2013
Boy flies from Minn. to Vegas sans ticket A 9-year-old Minneapolis boy was able to get through security and on a plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport without a ticket.October 6, 2013
David Brooks on character, virtue and success David Brooks speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival about "The Inverse Logic of Life." Brooks says the key to actual happiness and a life that matters is to balance the material life and the spiritual life. To have a rich inner life, humility is a central virtue.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, October 5, 2013
A grass-roots rally to protect South Carolina's massive 'Angel Oak' The storied over 400-year-old tree near Charleston, with an expansive canopy and massive, gnarled branches that sweep the ground, attracts thousand of visitors each year. Local conservationists are rushing to raise enough money to buy the land around the centuries-old live oak to protect it from development.October 4, 2013