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Lifestyle

Miss Manners

Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners and author of a nationally syndicated advice column, talks about her new book, Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette.

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Culture comes above ground in Rochester

A Rochester artist has made it his mission to unearth the underground culture in his city. And so far he's been pretty successful.

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More Thanksgiving tips

Conversation with Lynne Rossetto Kasper on cooking the feast continues.

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Cooking for Thanksgiving?

Lynne Rosetto Kasper, host of MPR's "The Splendid Table," stops by our studios to answer your last-minute cooking questions.

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Mainstreet Radio: Howard family hunters

A Mainstreet Radio broadcast from Aitkin Minnesota, including a conversation with members of the Howard family, who have hunted on their family's land in Aitkin County for decades.

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More than recreation

When members of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe head into the woods on a deer hunt, it's more than recreation. Band members say deer are a source of food for their people and they see hunting deer as a right and a responsibility. Hunters from the Mille Lacs Band are able to kill as many deer as they want on certain tracts of land in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Talk of chronic wasting disease makes many Mille Lacs Band members nervous.

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Continuing the tradition

The deer hunting tradition in Minnesota has been built over generations. Nearly half a million people participate each year. Though this year's hunt has been overshadowed by the threat of chronic wasting disease, it hasn't kept hunters out of the woods. For many, the annual gathering is as important as Christmas, and as much a family reunion as an opportunity to kill a deer.

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Taxidermists unsure of the future

Many hunters dream of having that trophy deer head above their fireplace mantle. Many say this is a pivotal deer season because of fears over chronic wasting disease. Many taxidermists believe this year their business will boom. They say hunters may be less interested in the meat but are hunting for that trophy mount.

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Deer season brings in the bucks

While deer hunters set their sights on big bucks in the fields and forests, merchants are seeing big bucks in their cash registers. Deer hunting pumps millions into the state's economy. And despite concerns about chronic wasting disease this season, that shows no signs of abating.

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Hunting for answers to the CWD mystery

State wildlife officials have embarked on a different kind of hunt this deer season. They're not wearing blaze orange. Instead they're wearing lab coats and protective eyewear. It's all part of an intricate plan to determine whether or not chronic wasting disease has invaded Minnesota's deer population.

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