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• Photos: Scale of Typhoon Haiyan's devastation comes into focus
  Philippines President Benigno Aquino III said Sunday that he will stay in typhoon-battered Leyte province until he sees more progress in the aid effort following complaints from survivors that they have yet to receive proper help.November 17, 2013
• Photos: Batkid saves San Francisco
  A 5-year-old Northern California boy who has battled leukemia for years became a darling of social media and attracted thousands of fans at home and around the country -- including the president -- as he took on the persona of his favorite superhero. Here's some of hat that looked like.November 16, 2013
• 'Batkid' takes San Francisco's heart
  In San Francisco, today, thousands of people turned out to fulfill a wish of Miles, 5, who's had lymphoblastic leukemia since he was 20 months old. His cancer is in remission and he told Make-A-Wish he wanted to continue living his life "heroically."November 15, 2013
• Macy's moves Joan Jett off SD float
  Some South Dakota farmers and ranchers voiced concern over Jett because she is a supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which promotes a vegetarian diet and criticizes livestock production practices.November 15, 2013
• Photos: Curlers compete in team trials for Sochi Olympics
  Nine teams of curlers are in Fargo, N.D., this week competing for spots on the 2014 Winter Olympic team. Three women's teams and four men's teams are representing Minnesota in the competition.November 15, 2013
• Airline passengers protest blind man's ejection, are ejected
  A story today out of Philadelphia recounts how Albert Rizzi was kicked off a flight because his service dog wouldn't stay under the seat near him after they sat on the ground for an hour waiting to take off.November 14, 2013
• Forget the 50 states; the U.S. is really 11 nations, author says
  For hundreds of years, this nation has been known as the United States of America. But according to author and journalist Colin Woodard, the country is neither united, nor made up of 50 states. America is really made up of 11 different nations, he says.November 14, 2013
• Photos: The view from 4 World Trade Center
  The first office tower to be completed on the original 16-acre World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan was official declared open on Wednesday. And what a view it offers.November 14, 2013
• Nice guy mends fences between Voyageurs and International Falls
  More than anyone else, Mike Ward is the face of the effort to smooth over long-held hard feelings in International Falls about Voyageurs National Park.November 13, 2013
• A most interesting commute
  For kayak commuter Stephen Linaweaver, there is no rush hour or gnarly gridlock. His biggest commute worry is a really big ship. Linaweaver rows from Oakland, Calif., to his job as a sustainability consultant San Francisco. His hour-long commute begins at the Port of Oakland each morning at 7.November 13, 2013
• Socially conscious grocer leaves the business
  The Rivertown Market on Wabasha in downtown Saint Paul is changing hands.November 12, 2013
• Minnesota's link to prohibition captured in 'American Spirits'
  A congressman from Granite Falls, Minn., was the author of legislation that led to the prohibition of alcohol in the United States in 1920. The story of Judiciary Committee Chairman Andrew Volstead is part of an exhibit now on display at the Minnesota History Center.November 12, 2013
• Huh? Could one word unite the world?
  It would be astonishing if there was a word or a group of words that was actually native to all languages. On study is claiming that "Huh?" -- as in, huh? what did you say?-- is a universal word that occurs in every language.November 12, 2013
• Photos: Remembering war veterans around the world
  Today is a time set aside in many nations to commemorate the sacrifice made by service men and women in the two world wars and conflicts thereafter. In the US, we call it Veterans Day. Overseas its known as Remembrance Day.November 11, 2013
• Veteran's video makeover goes viral
  Created by producer and marketer Rob Bliss to benefit the Degage Ministries charitable organization in Grand Rapids, Mich., the video is a time lapse clip of local veteran Jim Wolf. As stylist Anna Walt clips, shaves and styles Wolf, he turns from a scruffy, bearded man into a stylish looking guy.November 11, 2013

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