Barefoot runners swarm to author A group of runners gathered recently in a Wayzata parking lot to share their passion for running barefoot. They were there to meet the man at the center of the new trend, Christopher McDougall, whose book, "Born to Run" has now been on the New York Times Bestseller list for six months.September 20, 2010
U.S. woman who was held in Iran says she's not a spy An American woman who was held in Iran for more
than 13 months and accused of espionage said Sunday she and two men
detained with her never spied or committed any crime, calling their
arrest "a huge misunderstanding."September 20, 2010
Group fighting to restore voting rights to felons on probation As the November election gets closer, there's a push underway to restore voting rights to the nearly 46,000 adults living and working in the state that are disqualified from voting because they're on probation for a felony conviction.September 20, 2010
Youth Radio: Japanese-American granddaughter questions internment As part of our Youth Radio series, Mara Kumagai Fink reports on her experience visiting the camps where her Japanese American family members and over 100,000 others were held during World War II.September 20, 2010
Minnesota college student invents hands-free mouse It has only been three months since Ovsak got his driver's
license, but the high school senior and University of Minnesota
post-secondary student has already become a budding entrepreneur.September 19, 2010
Minnesota castle near Merrifield remains hidden Complete with banners, knights in armor and even a mural with a
dragon, the $1.7 million Miller Castle was built in 2008 on the
Parker Scout Reservation near Merrifield.September 19, 2010
American woman released from in Iran arrives in U.S. An American woman who was held in Iran for more
than 13 months and accused of spying returned Sunday to the United
States, a spokeswoman said.September 19, 2010
Couple finishes more than 1,500-mile hike around Lake Superior A group of about 75 people welcomed Mike Link and Katie Crowley in Duluth Saturday afternoon as the couple completed the final stage of a 1,550-mile hike around Lake Superior.September 18, 2010
Families of 2 Americans still in Iran wait, wonder In many ways, they are in the same place they'd been for months, but the mothers of Shane Bauer, a native Minnesotan, and Josh Fattal remain hopeful even as their sons' fate may depend more on the power struggles inside the Iranian government.September 17, 2010
State Sen. Moua on her foreclosure: 'It's been a very hard year' The woman who became the first Hmong
member of a state legislature when she was elected to the Minnesota
Senate in 2002 said she has lost her home to foreclosure and has
been living with relatives across the street.September 17, 2010
Clinton: U.S. 'committed to the return' of detained hikers "These two young men have been held without cause now for more than a year," Clinton said Friday, appealing to Tehran to release Shane Bauer, a native of Minnesota, and Josh Fattal.September 17, 2010