With Halloween festivities underway this week, University of Minnesota Extension educator in Family Relations suggests some useful ways to avoid the spooky activities and building family traditions.

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This week is National Radon Action Week and University of Minnesota Extension housing specialist Bill Angell gives tips on how to protect your home from the second leading cause of lung cancer.

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With 31 million meals served everyday, there's a lot of pressure on school lunch programs to deliver the proper nutrition America's youth needs. This week's National School Lunch Week brings awareness to the health issues and what is being done to make student meals a better part of a healthy diet. University of Minnesota School of Public Health professor Mary Story, who studies adolescent nutrition, explains.

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University of Minnesota communication studies associate professor Ronald Greene explains what U.S. Senator Joe Biden and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin must do to come out on top during the election's only vice presidential debate.

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