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Do you ever feel like you’re running around and around, constantly busy but not getting much accomplished? In reality, you’re probably getting a lot more done than you realize, but your efforts aren’t focused enough …
08 Jun 12
When your parents and teachers said, “you can be anything you want to be when you grow up,” you should have thought a little more creatively. There are people, albeit a small minority, doing jobs …
06 Jun 12
Stink…it’s a bane of human existence. If left unchecked, it can overtake our bodies, our clothes, our pets, and our homes. Fortunately, in most cases, it’s not all that hard to get rid of. Just …
04 Jun 12
It’s a bird… It’s a plane… no, it’s just some guy skydiving from 23 miles out of the Earth’s stratosphere. Seriously, that may be what you hear this summer when Austrian skydiver, Felix Baumgartner, attempts …
02 Jun 12
Who doesn’t love a good household tip every now and then? And the folks at Chow.com, the culinary weblog, are sharing a nifty way to eliminate clogged pipes by using vinegar. But, why not just stick …
01 Jun 12
Just when you think the only things today’s youth care about are pop music and reality TV, you hear about the geniuses participating in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, and you get a newfound hope for the …
30 May 12
Summer’s fast approaching and there are only so many years a person can accept a “bad economy” and “high gas prices” as reasons to forgo a vacation — enough already! Instead of skimping on a summer …
25 May 12
Even after more than a decade since Blizzard’s last Diablo installment, gamer interest in the action-RPG franchise has not waned. Fans proved just how anxiously they’ve been waiting by buying up more than 3.5 million …
25 May 12
Next year’s Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener will be held in the Brainerd Lakes Area on May 8-11, 2014. Explore Minnesota Tourism, the state’s tourism promotion office, organizes this event each year in coordination with a host …
