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With more people touring the Great Lakes, city officials are eager to tap into the opportunity. A ship with 200 passengers could mean $100,000 for Duluth businesses per visit.
Two shrimp fishermen from the Gulf Coast traveled to Minnesota last weekend to spread the word about how the dead zone of the Mississippi River is affecting their livelihood. | How can the Midwest fix the ocean it has killed?
Minnesota Fight Club's founder sees the unsanctioned bouts he stages at Bde Maka Ska and other parks as healthy outlets for aggression. Others see problems and potential danger in the public fights, which may be illegal.
A survey finds about 40 percent of American families struggled to meet at least one of their basic needs last year, including paying for food, health care, housing or utilities.
The researchers tested more than 25,000 people multiple times, matching the results with pollution data from the time of each test. Older adults were most affected by air quality.
"There's now the expectation that to be a good parent in this country you have to have your eyes on your children every second," says author Kim Brooks -- and that's stressful for adults and kids.
