Man jailed in United Arab Emirates over YouTube video returns to Minn. Shezanne Cassim, 29, of Woodbury, was accused of violating the country's cyber crimes law. He was arrested in Dubai in April after posting on a 20-minute video on Youtube poking fun at the country's hip-hop culture.January 9, 2014
Immigrant father, son win deportation reprieve The news is a relief for Alejandro Cruz Blanco, Simon Cruz Perez, and for hundreds of supporters in the town of St. James, Minn. who rallied behind them. Cruz Blanco, right, received a kidney transplant four years ago. His doctor described a return to Mexico as "certain death" for him.January 7, 2014
Delta retires last DC-9, oldest plane in US fleet The plane was built in 1978. Most airlines retired the DC-9s by the 1990s. But instead of retiring them, Northwest in 1995 refurbished their interiors to squeeze more flying out of them.January 6, 2014
Missing NY man found in DC, thanks to AP photograph This homeless person, Nicholas A. Simmons, 20, of Greece, N.Y., was claimed by his family. He'd left home on Christmas and the family didn't know where he was until they saw the story in the newspaper.January 6, 2014
Eating tea and other food predictions for 2014 At the beginning of every year, we read the tea leaves to see what new food trends we'll be tasting in the coming months. This year, the tea itself is the trend. Tea leaves will be big in entrees, desserts and, of course, cocktails.January 5, 2014
4 things to do to your car when it's super cold Steve Reinarts, an instructor at Dunwoody College of Technology, offered some tips for taking care of your car when it's cold out.January 4, 2014
Rybak gets angioplasty, stents Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was hospitalized at Abbott Northwestern Hospital Saturday afternoon after becoming short of breath, according to Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson.January 4, 2014
PB&J sandwiches lead to knife attack An Iowa man has been charged with domestic abuse with a weapon after pulling a knife on his brother.January 4, 2014
Live chat: Does Mars need Minnesotans? Four Minnesota residents are willing to take a one-way trip to Mars, and they're among the semifinalists in a program that would send humans to colonize the Red Planet with no prospect of ever coming back. Two of them, Jackson Kisling and Paul Larson, join an MPR News Google Hangout.January 3, 2014
When teen drivers multitask, they're even worse than adults Teen drivers start off being careful, but they tend to start multitasking after just a few months behind the wheel, according to research published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.January 2, 2014