2012: A year of turbulence and altered landscapes If 2012 battered us with floods and tempests, and seemed especially dark in its final days, it was also perhaps more distinctively a year of mornings after.December 18, 2012
In Minn., new tactics to help immigrant students To boost English learners' performance, some Minnesota schools are trying new approaches designed to help them more quickly grasp the language. Among them is Kennedy Elementary in Willmar, Minn., which has a growing number of students from Somalia.December 17, 2012
A parent's longest wait It's hard to image one's children in fear and out of reach.December 15, 2012
Ready, set, memorize! The 21st World Memory Championships are under way in London this weekend. About 75 competitors from some two dozen countries are vying to see who can memorize the most numbers, faces, playing cards or random words in a set amount of time.December 15, 2012
Duluth zoo polar bear moving to Kansas City Zoo officials said Wednesday they had decided to bring a female polar bear named Berlin to the zoo. She's been living at a St. Paul, Minn., zoo after her home at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth flooded this summer.December 13, 2012
Voyageurs wants input on campsite fees Voyageurs National Park officials will hold a public meeting in the Twin Cities this weekend to discuss their proposal to launch a campsite reservation system and start charging fees for overnight stays.December 13, 2012
Santa, St. Paul police deliver gifts to sick kids St. Paul police are taking extra precautions to make sure Santa delivers gifts to children who will be hospitalized over the holidays.December 13, 2012
Most Googled in 2012: Whitney, PSY, Sandy The world's attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, millions of people searched the Web to find out about a royal princess, the latest iPad, and a record-breaking skydiver.December 13, 2012
Bloomington to host Survival Preppers Expo Organizers of the Survival Preppers Expo in Bloomington this weekend are asking attendees to leave their politics at the door.December 12, 2012
Americans finding dozens of ways to mark 12-12-12 A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding vows at 12:12 p.m. in Pittsburgh's federal courthouse. And gamblers can take advantage of promotions some casinos are using to lure in patrons who want to test their luck.December 12, 2012
How to start a snow blower He turned the switches and knobs to 'on,' but the problem wasn't that simple.December 11, 2012