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• A passion for falconry: Minnesota Sounds and Voices
  A White Bear Lake man has a passion for an activity -- falconry -- that dates back thousands of years. Falconry is the practice of capturing and training raptors to hunt. It's a way of life for Frank Taylor, the man we meet in this installment of our series Minnesota Sounds and Voices.April 11, 2013
• Photos: A falconer in Minnesota
  Master falconer Frank Taylor, in his backyard with his red-tailed hawk Mim. Taylor and Mim and have been training and hunting together for the past eight years. Taylor is passionate about falconry, an activity that's been around for thousands of years.April 11, 2013
• News Cut: Meet the family that brought gymnastics to Hendricks
  Stop me if you've heard this before. A farm couple builds a sports complex in the belief that people will come. And they do. In Hendricks, MN., however, it's not baseball and corn. It's a farm shed and gymnastics that's gotten people to sit up and take notice.April 11, 2013
• Twins plan to play weekend home series despite snow
  The grounds crew at Target Field is busy preparing the snow-covered ballpark for a weekend series between the Twins and the New York Mets, which begins Friday night.April 11, 2013
• Breast milk jewelry? It's the new milestone memento
  Strands from baby's first haircut. The first tooth. Tiny footprints sunk into clay. Some parents even tuck away the dried stump of the umbilical cord or the stick pregnancy test as a touching memento marking the milestones of their kids. The latest? Breast milk jewelry.April 11, 2013
• Spring means lambing season in Minnesota
  Spring brings new life to the landscape. The birth of a new crop of lambs is a yearly ritual at this small Minnesota farm.April 10, 2013
• Top Minn. baby names in 2011: Mason, Olivia
  The Social Security Administration released its updated list of top baby names today to reflect the most recent data from babies born in 2011. Olivia and Mason topped the list of Minnesota baby names.April 10, 2013
• Photos: Birthing season on Ellison sheep farm
  Minnesota has 3,000 sheep farms and more than 130,000 sheep according to the state Board of Animal Health.April 10, 2013
• UConn women rout Louisville for title
  Geno Auriemma and Connecticut are back on top. With freshman Breanna Stewart leading the way, it might be a while before they relinquish that spot. Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in a dazzling first half and Connecticut won its eighth national championship with a 93-60 rout of Louisville on Tuesday night. It was the most lopsided victory in a title game.April 9, 2013
• Pitino impact might be more substance than style
  Richard Pitino is less than half of Tubby Smith's age. That alone has brought a seismic shift for the Minnesota basketball program, with last week's takeover by the 30-year-old Pitino. The energy of youth can always bring positive change, but the impact of Pitino's arrival could prove to run deeper than that.April 9, 2013
• Sports memorabilia tax is stadium 'Plan C'
  What's old is new again in the stadium debate at the Minnesota State Capitol. A proposal to tax sports memorabilia might be headed back towards a stadium deal.April 8, 2013
• Fridley teacher honored for education effort on Holocaust
  Anneke Branderhorst, who teaches a course about the holocaust at Calvin Christian High School in Fridley, will receive the Jewish Community Relations Council's Courage to Teach Award for her effort.April 8, 2013
• Everyone's a critic: Yelp reviews hold great power
  Next time you write a restaurant review on Yelp, you could be deciding the fate of the establishment. A one-star increase in a restaurant's Yelp rating translates to a 5- to 9-percent increase in revenue, according to a 2011 Harvard Business School study.The Daily Circuit, April 8, 2013
• Mouseketeer Annette Funicello dies
  Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club," who matured to a successful career in records and '60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in middle age and after, died Monday, The Walt Disney Co. said. She was 70.April 8, 2013
• Vikings stadium: More troubling gambling revenue numbers
  The March numbers are in for the state's electronic pulltab industry and a turnaround is nowhere in sight. An MPR analysis shows that games did take in a record $2.4 million in bets. But for the second month, the rate of installation of new sites per day fell. And, as in the other months since the rollout, the daily average of bets on those machines fell to a new record low.April 8, 2013

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