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APNewsBreak: Family sues over Minn. office attack
The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of ...
A map for including disabled students in sports
After a tough 5-1 loss, Jordan Anderson was sweaty, short of breath and sorry he hadn't played stronger defense during the floor hockey game at ...
From pets to 'recess': High school stress relief
The four-legged member of the counseling team at the high school in suburban Chicago waits patiently, as a crush of students fills the hallways.
American Indian gang trio face racketeering trial
Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and ...
'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94
Pauline Friedman Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice on love, marriage and meddling mothers-in-law to millions of ...
Obama will nominate prosecutor to lead of ATF
President Barack Obama will nominate B. Todd Jones as the next director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, selecting the ...
'Hero' cyclist finds woman trapped in car in pond
Nancy Breberg was lost, creeping along on slippery roads in search of the suburban hotel where she was meeting her husband when her SUV slid off the ...
Minn. woman stuck in car on icy pond for 18 hours
Nancy Breberg was lost, creeping along on slippery roads in search of a suburban hotel when her SUV slid off the road and down an embankment onto an ...
Official: Abducted Ind. boy's mother lived in car
In 2006, an 18-year-old Minnesota man legally changed his name to Michael Jeff Landers. Six years later, authorities determined Landers was really the ...
American Eagle pilot fails alcohol test, suspended
An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, ...
Lutefisk: Minn. dish lives on despite taste
Dozens of Minnesota Scandinavians and the people who love them flock to the VFW Club in Litchfield every Thursday from November through January, where ...
Snowfall a boon for Upper Midwest outdoors fans
After enduring last year's snowless winter, skiers and snowmobilers may have despaired of ever seeing a decent snowfall again. But fans of the wintry ...
Minn. gay couple in '71 marriage case still united
When Jack Baker proposed to Michael McConnell that they join their lives together as a couple, in March 1967, McConnell accepted with a condition that ...
Okee Dokee Brothers ride the river to a Grammy nod
For a musical duo that have known each other since they were 3 years old, there's something extra special about landing a Grammy nomination for Best ...
Minn. gov.: No plan to redo Vikings stadium plan
Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday downplayed the sluggish start of a statewide gambling initiative being counted on to help fund the new Minnesota Vikings ...
Key Nov. sales figure falls at Target
Target says a key revenue figure fell 1 percent in November, hurt by weak sales in the first two weeks of the month. Analysts surveyed by Thomson ...
College football's winningest coach retires
John Gagliardi put sleepy little Collegeville, Minn., on the national college football map with a style all his own. After 60 years at Division III St
Minnesota's Kill: Player quit over discipline
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said Monday that top receiver A.J. Barker's abrupt departure from the team was because he was unhappy with being ...
Minneapolis writer's secret: Tap inner 11-year-old
Barely known in a literary field dominated by brand names like "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games," William Alexander scored the National Book Award for ...
Boat needed in one Minneapolis voting precinct
Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the ...
College-over-cash decision fine with Franklin
Missy Franklin is content to wait for the endorsement money that's bound to come her way after those five medals at the London Olympics.
Minn. terror case spotlights after-school program
On any given weekday, in a nondescript storefront on the eastern edge of Minneapolis, dozens of young Somalis gather to get help with homework, learn ...
Fever look to close out WNBA Finals in Game 4
Tamika Catchings hasn't forgotten how close she came to clearing the biggest hurdle of her basketball career. Catchings is a seven-time All-Star, five ...
Minn. trial opens window on Somalia terror group
The trial of a Minneapolis man convicted in a conspiracy to send young men from Minnesota to the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia has provided the ...
Minn. man convicted of aiding Somalia terror group
A Minneapolis man accused of helping send young men through a terrorist pipeline from Minnesota to Somalia was convicted Thursday on all five ...