When buying her "Financial Accounting Principles" book this fall, Winona State University sophomore Liz Printon compared the $140 price tag to that of the electronic version, which cost a few bucks short of an even hundred.

She didn't need advanced financial concepts to guide her through the purchase.

Printon, along with many of her peers across the nation, are looking toward e-books in finding ways to lessen the load of buying textbooks.

For sale: Thousands of points of holiday lights

Ask Al Whipple about the Christmas displays that made his rural home at North U.S. 36 and Minnesota Highway 247 a landmark since the 1970s and he, well, lights up.

He, with his wife Jen, decorated their house and much of the 19 acres it is on since it was built in 1968. It didn't start out as a huge display, but it grew over the years.

Now at age 77, Whipple has decided to mostly pull the plug on the decoration extravaganza. He says it is time to stop decorating and sell off the massive amo unt of lights, wreaths, Santas, deer and other gear he has accumulated.

Hockey players skate in fall 'Elite' league to hone skills

Drew Anderson and Rory Vesel were go-to players on their teams that advanced to the state high school hockey tournaments last spring.

They are good players, but they have heard it from their coaches dozens of times: The section championships, the victories that give you the right to play in the state tournament, aren't won by leaving the skates in a closet from March until November.

That's why Anderson, Vesel and 15 other Rochester players are competing this fall in the Minnesota High School Elite II League.

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