Studying Marriage: What Women Want and How Men Behave Does marriage make men nice or do nice men tend to marry? What are the top predictors of a woman's marital happiness? Midmorning examines two studies on anti-social men and the happiness of married women.Midmorning, January 28, 2011
25 years after Challenger, space still dangerous Twenty-five years ago, an event occurred that is seared into the memory of most Americans: About a minute after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart, killing all aboard, including teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe.January 27, 2011
Lessons from a war-zone coffee shop Deborah Rodriguez dealt with patrons of all kinds when she ran a hair salon in Afghanistan. She wrote a memoir of that time called "Kabul Beauty School." Now she's turned to fiction with her first novel "A Cup For Friendship," which is also set in that country.January 25, 2011
Ex-Minn. governor Jesse Ventura sues over body scans, pat-downs Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.January 25, 2011
High winds strand Minn. climber on Mt. McKinley Brutal weather conditions have
hampered the efforts of a Minnesota man who's trying to become the
first solo climber to reach the summit of Alaska's Mount McKinley
in January.January 25, 2011
Lake Nokomis' U.S. Pond Hockey Championships Although temperatures reached nearly 20 below zero and winds gusted up to 10 mph, people from all over the country braved the cold and descended on Lake Nokomis today for the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships.January 21, 2011
MPR News photos of the week This week, Minnesota celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty toured his book and the state reluctantly welcomed some bitterly cold weather.January 21, 2011
Chronic wasting disease in deer an 'isolated incident,' DNR says Minnesota DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr said a single wild whitetail deer shot this fall near Pine Island has tested positive for chronic wasting disease -- a first for the state.January 21, 2011
The Mourners arrive in Mpls. from the 15th century A group of foreign dignitaries arrives at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this weekend. They're called "The Mourners" They are some three dozen alabaster figures carved for the tomb of a 15th century French Duke. The statues have caused a sensation at other stops on their U.S. tour.January 21, 2011