2 Minn. women among 14 charged in terror probe New indictments unsealed by the U.S. Justice Department Thursday include charges of two Rochester women with raising money for the Jihadist group, al-Shabaab. Those charges surprised many in the Rochester Somali community.August 6, 2010
After emotional battle, Lee walks a free man The St. Paul man who spent two and a half years in prison for a 2006 car crash that killed three people won his freedom in court on Thursday.August 6, 2010
Marc Cohn looks back -- and forward -- with album of 1970 covers Marc Cohn's new album "Listening Booth 1970" presents new arrangements of songs from when he was 11. He says these are many of the tunes which launched his journey as a musician.August 5, 2010
1975: Minnesotans remember wide open spaces Open land isn't always easy to find these days. Minnesota may be the land of 10,000 lakes -- but there's a road or two leading almost all of them. It wasn't always that way. In this 1975 report, Minnesotans share memories of the vast countryside and hushed sounds of the prairie.August 5, 2010
U.S. hiker in Iranian jail allowed brief call to mom One the three American hikers jailed in
Iran told her mother in a brief telephone call this week that
prison officials have denied her requests for medical treatment and
a cellmate, her mother said Thursday.August 5, 2010
Minn. veteran awarded Presidential Citizens Medal The all-volunteer rifle squad that George J.
Weiss Jr. started three decades ago has delivered the final salute
at more than 56,400 military burials.August 4, 2010
For children born into poverty, brain development may be hindered Toxic stress, when a baby is born into a chaotic environment and experiences developmental brain problems, may be on the rise. Poverty levels may directly affect a child's brain development, researchers say.August 4, 2010
Labor dignitaries dedicate Minn. workers memorial Minnesota has a new memorial on state
Capitol grounds, this one a labor-sought garden that honors workers
who lost lives on the job.August 3, 2010
Minneapolis aims to be National Night Out leader again Neighborhoods across the country will be holding block parties Tuesday evening as part of National Night Out, the annual event that encourages people to get to know their neighbors and work together to prevent crime.August 3, 2010
Forest Service mulls razing historic wolf research post When wolf researcher Mike Nelson isn't in the woods, he's often in the Kawishiwi Laboratory and Forest Research Center -- a small complex of log and stone cabins nestled under centuries-old white pines south of Ely.August 3, 2010
Rose Klobuchar, mother of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, dies Rose Klobuchar, the mother of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, has died. She was 83.
Klobuchar had been in declining health due to complications from recent heart surgery.August 2, 2010