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• State seeks ideas for bettering treatment of people with disabilities
  Mandated by a court settlement, plan's goal is to return people to the community as much as possible.The Daily Circuit, July 17, 2013
• Relics photos: The Buckman Hotel in Little Falls
  The Buckman Hotel was built by Pennsylvania-born farmer and former Minnesota state legislator and Congressman Clarence Buckman, who wanted someplace nice to stay when he was in Little Falls. It was known as the city's first class hotel. But it didn't stay that way.July 17, 2013
• Relics photos: The K.K. Berge in Granite Falls
  This former mercantile building on the edge of the Minnesota River was slated to be torn down before a group of locals convinced the city of Granite Falls to spend the demolition money on rehabbing it instead. The renovation was extensive and included raising the main floor to avoid occasional flooding.July 16, 2013
• What's leading beer drinkers to shandy?
  A beer cocktail quaffed around the world for centuries is quickly becoming America's "it" drink of the summer: shandy. And major beer manufacturers have also jumped on the shandywagon, rolling out their own bottled versions.July 16, 2013
• Human emotions explained in 60 short interviews
  In some sense we're all experts in emotion. We experience emotion every day, all the time. Sometimes we're baffled by our own emotional responses, or those of others. Sometimes we wish we could change our emotions, but don't know how.July 15, 2013
• Ex-Nixon adviser Leonard Garment dies in NYC at 89
  Leonard Garment, a lawyer who was a friend and adviser to President Richard Nixon as the Watergate scandal unfolded and who urged him not to destroy tapes. has died in New York City.July 15, 2013
• MSP airport enlists volunteers to help security efforts
  While there are cameras watching the edges of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, officials say there's no substitute for eyes and ears. Police at some world airports, including MSP, are recruiting volunteers to help boost security against possible attacks.July 15, 2013
• Relics photos: The Pipestone school
  A former school teacher living in Iowa bought the Pipestone school a decade ago for $1. Since then, the school has been broken into repeatedly. Its roof is leaking. And it looks like Dick Haase, the developer, will let it go for back taxes.July 15, 2013
• Brits on royal-baby watch as rumored due date arrives
  Although Buckingham Palace has never confirmed the exact date, Saturday is rumored to be the official due date for the child who will become the third in line to the British throne. "There are really only two questions: boy or girl? And, what's the name?" Robert Hardman, a reporter with The Daily Mail, tells NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.July 13, 2013
• TV station reports bogus SF crash pilot names
  A San Francisco Bay Area TV station has apologized after reporting bogus names of the four pilots aboard Asiana Airlines flight 214 that were a play on Asian names.July 12, 2013
• Historic 'Lark of Duluth' recreated by aviation buffs
  A little known piece of aviation history will be recreated in Duluth. A group of aviation buffs there have built -- from scratch -- a replica of a historic plane dubbed "The Lark of Duluth." The air boat, as it was known, went on to become the nation's first commercial airliner.July 12, 2013
• Relics: Tearing down a school in Morris
  For almost a decade, residents and officials in the small western Minnesota city of Morris tried to figure out a new use for the city's former elementary school. But none of the ideas bore fruit.July 12, 2013
• National Gay Blood Drive comes to St. Paul
  For decades the federal government has banned blood donation by men who have sex with men. Now some of them want to show the Food and Drug Administration how much blood would be collected if they were allowed to donate.July 12, 2013
• BBC: Why do humans live in cities?
  What are the pros and cons of living in a modern metropolis? These days we humans have become an urban-dwelling species. So how has the city changed us?The Daily Circuit, July 11, 2013
• Union Depot ceremony honors the men who wore red caps
  Room will be named for the Red Caps, who carried bags at the depot for more than 70 years.The Daily Circuit, July 11, 2013

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