
Snowstorm dies down, Midwest travel woes tick up
A major winter storm turned Midwest commutes into treacherous challenges Friday before the system petered out over the Great Lakes. At least four ...

Minnesota congressman arrives in Mogadishu
A U.S. congressman visited Somalia's capital on Tuesday, the first visit in years by a member of Congress to what until recently was considered one ...
Man charged with slapping toddler now out of a job
A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday. Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of ...

Wisconsin holds on to beat Minnesota 3-2
Wisconsin scored three times in the second period and held on to beat second-ranked Minnesota 3-2 Sunday in the Hockey City Classic at Soldier Field.
Mother: Boy slapped on plane is now apprehensive
A Minneapolis woman says her 2-year-old son was traumatized by a man accused of slapping the boy and calling him a racial slur during an Atlanta-bound ...
Vikings to play 2 cold seasons in outdoor stadium
Next season will be the Minnesota Vikings' last in the 31-year-old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and fans of the purple and gold can look forward to ...

Gay marriage support has risks for GOP lawmakers
As more state legislatures around the country consider whether to legalize same-sex weddings, an analysis of gay marriage votes in eight states shows ...
Carter thanks Vikings for help through drug issues
Walking the corridors of Minnesota Vikings headquarters for the first time since he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the memories came ...
Brother of Josh Powell kills himself in Minnesota
A year after Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state, his brother has committed suicide.

Frazier's deal with Vikings thru 2014
After leading the Minnesota Vikings to a surprising playoff berth last season, coach Leslie Frazier had a contract option picked up for 2014.

Minn. man charged with murder in shooting spree
A Minnesota man accused of standing in the street and firing at passing cars — killing a 9-year-old boy — had roughly 200 rounds of ammunition stuffed ...

Do tax increases kill jobs? Minn. soon to find out
Dik Bolger is a lifelong Minnesota Democrat, a gray-bearded baby boomer with a braid down his back whose Minneapolis printing company's plant displays ...

Animal welfare groups sue to end Midwest wolf hunt
The Humane Society of the United States and other animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the ...
Police: Child, 10, killed in random Minn. Shooting
A gunman apparently firing randomly at vehicles killed a 10-year-old and wounded the child's mother and another woman Monday night, Oakdale's police ...

Thrilling finishes, upsets fuel Big 10
The Big Ten may well be the best league in the nation. It has certainly been one of the most fun to watch this season. The depth of the conference — ...
Iowa basketball searches for late-game answers
There might not be a team in the country as unlucky as Iowa. The Hawkeyes (14-9, 3-7 Big Ten) have lost once to each of the top seven teams in the Big ...

Adrian Peterson has sports hernia surgery
Adrian Peterson put up one of the best seasons by a running back in NFL history to run away with the MVP award. Now imagine what he could do if he was ...

Green shoots Spurs past Timberwolves 104-94
A nationally televised game with Commissioner David Stern in the house, and there sat Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. No controversy or fines coming ...
Stern sees HGH testing coming to NBA next year
The NBA for the most part has managed to avoid the major performance-enhancing drug scandals that have plagued the NFL and Major League Baseball over ...

Minn. cancels moose hunting as population plummets
Minnesota canceled its moose hunting season Wednesday, citing a precipitous decline in the moose population, as researchers try to get a handle on why ...

Minn. shooting victim's son pushes for change
Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a high ...

Obama stands firm on gun control despite long odds
President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is emerging for universal ...

Obama presses his gun proposals in Minnesota
With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday the challenges he faces in winning support for measures ranging from ...

Gasol's start sparks Lakers to victory over Wolves
Pau Gasol knew he could play like this. Kobe Bryant and Ricky Rubio did, too. The only person in Laker land who seemed to doubt what the gifted post ...

Dwight Howard out vs Wolves with shoulder injury
Dwight Howard is sidelined again with an ailing shoulder and disgruntled Pau Gasol is back in the Los Angeles Lakers' starting lineup, where he ...