No fear: Blind skiers take to Western slopes Programs that pair experienced skiers with blind people offers them a way to defeat depression and a sedentary lifestyle that sometimes accompany being blind.January 31, 2013
Soldier's memoir touches on a different fight Lt. Col. Mark Weber has been called a hero by people who hardly ever use that word. His penned memoir called "Tell My Sons..." touches on his family life, military career and the ever-present, sometimes graphic challenge of fighting cancer.January 30, 2013
1913 nickel likely to fetch millions A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted.January 29, 2013
From one Minnesotan to another: Here's what you should know about Timbuktu Timbuktu is back in Mali's hands, thanks to help from the French and other Western powers. It was ruled by Islamist militants since early last year. I made the trip to Mali, a land-locked country in West Africa, in January 2009 as part of a team working on a USDA-sponsored sustainable agriculture project.January 29, 2013
Boy Scouts' ban on gay leaders may be over; proposed change offered Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signaling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or leaders and give the sponsors of local troops the freedom to decide the matter for themselves.January 29, 2013
MnDOT praised for Mississippi River bikeway The 800-mile route closely follows the Mississippi River through Minnesota -- from the headwaters at Itasca State Park to the Iowa border.January 29, 2013
Plant fanatics climb up trees hunting for 'witch's brooms' Now about brooms -- witch's brooms, to be exact. Small, tightly woven masses of branches that can appear high up in pine trees across northern Minnesota. These "brooms" are actually the genetic source of a lot of the landscape plants and shrubs sold at nurseries. They're not often easy to retrieve.January 29, 2013
Ex-NYC mayor Koch re-hospitalized The spokesman for former New York City Mayor Ed Koch says he has been re-admitted to the hospital two days after he was released.January 28, 2013
Cold halts Dupre's McKinley climb Extreme cold has thwarted a Minnesota climber's third attempt to become the first person to summit Alaska's Mount McKinley solo in the dead of winter.January 28, 2013