Garden program grows at state prisons A new new law turns Minnesota prisoners into gardeners. Inmates will grow fruits and vegetables, and donate what they don't eat to local food shelves. The gardens will be modeled after one that already exists at the Red Wing correctional facility.July 31, 2012
Obama could be descended from African slave A team of genealogists has found evidence that President Barack Obama could be a descendent of an African slave — but not through the lineage of his black father, the most likely route researchers had followed and exhausted.July 31, 2012
Smooth landing earns Minn. pilot $10,000 in contest A Minnesota pilot bested about 40 other competitors Saturday to take home the $10,000 prize in the inaugural GFK Flight Support landing contest at Grand Forks International Airport.July 29, 2012
The Week in Commentary A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments they inspired.July 28, 2012
MPR Photos Of The Week We visit a marriage amendment forum, corn growers bracing for the drought's impact, a head shop bust in Duluth, and peek in on Jack Jablonski's recovery. View our week in photos for that and more.July 27, 2012
Memorials begin for Colo. theater shooting victims A dad who took his teenage children to the new Batman movie and was killed when a gunman opened fire on the theater was mourned Wednesday, the first memorial service for a victim of the shootings.July 25, 2012
Hjemkomst crew reunites 30 years later Thirty years after the Viking replica ship Hjemkomst completed a journey from Duluth to Norway, surviving crew members gathered in Moorhead to commemorate the voyage.July 22, 2012
Remains found in Wis. road project Archaeologists are finding ancient remains possibly of Native Americans in the ground beneath the reconstruction of Highway 35 in the La Crosse area.July 21, 2012