The Twin Cities area has been ranked the best place for seniors to live, according to a new survey by Sperling's Best Places. The metro area took the top spot for its progressive medical insurance program and for proximity to the Mayo Clinic.

After closing the badly aging Como Park pool a few years ago, St. Paul has opened a new water park in its place, with a zip line, lap and diving pools, a wading pool with small slides, a Lazy River and a climbing wall that rises out of the water. Kids say they love it.

We've got jobs and a lower cost of living than many of the hot places-to-be, such as San Francisco, and those facts are luring thousands of college grads.

Both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra are in the middle of negotiating new contracts with musicians. Both face multi-million dollar deficits, and a quick resolution is unlikely. MPR explores issues at the heart of the question: Does the state need two world-class orchestras?

Most of the cartons went to to places like restaurants and cafeterias and only about 100 made it on grocery store shelves. No illnesses have been reported.

Finance and Commerce reports a slate of store openings are scheduled this holiday season, bringing the metro's retail vacancy rate to the lowest its been since 2008.