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This weekend, hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans will head out to the woods for the opening of gun deer season. Hunting is something that many are very passionate about, either for or against. But what would happen if we didn't hunt?
Americans spend more than $250 billion a year on over-the-counter and prescription medications. When we have an ache or pain, we often take an aspirin or ibuprofen pill. But how do medications know where to target?
Anger over bank profits and fees have some lining up behind a movement to transfer their accounts to credit unions. So, what is the difference between a bank and a credit union?
It's the night the pumpkins are lit and the kids are dressed in costumes yelling "trick-or-treat!" But what do pumpkins have to do with Halloween? And why do kids trick-or-treat?
Many of us grew up watching them in the '80s and '90s, and there actually are still some cartoons on TV Saturday mornings, but not many.
It is the icon of the Minneapolis skyline, the tallest building in Minnesota. But what is on the top of the IDS Center?
It was the alcohol after all. Amy Winehouse died in London of what some call alcohol poisoning. A coroner found her blood alcohol level was at 0.40. But how does alcohol poison your body?
We know that germs are everywhere, and they're not all bad. But when most people think of places coated with germs in public, they maybe think of door handles or bathrooms.
The arrest of a Minnesota Vikings player over the weekend for domestic assault brought the team into the lead of a very dubious category: most arrests of any team in the NFL over the past 11 years. But do professional athletes get arrested more than the rest of us?
Wells Fargo is imposing a $3 monthly debit card fee for customers in five states, a move that comes after Bank of America increased its debit-card fees to $5 a month. So, why are banks raising fees even after reporting record quarterly profits?
After the owner of an Ohio exotic animal park threw open the cages of more than 50 animals and then killed himself, authorities said they had to kill nearly all of them to protect the neighborhood. They are animals that most of us will only see in a zoo, but what kind of exotic animals are legal to have in Minnesota?
On a night like Tuesday night, just about every Minnesotan is turning on the furnace. But with the average homeowner spending $700 on heating costs in the winter, what can we do to cut our heating bill?
So when did Halloween become such a big deal for adults?
In the land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesotans love to eat fish, but the success and popularity of some fish have led to serious concerns about the future of those varieties. After all, there literally are only so many fish in the sea.
They are miniature, silent, sneaky little bugs, still snacking on us even in mid-October.
