CEDAR RAPIDS — Lifelong artist Karen Kral admitted to having a lump in her throat as her first art exhibition opened Nov. 8 — ...

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction.

These rugs weren't cheap, so tossing them wasn't an option. I cleaned up the 'accident' as best I could, but that left the ...