Bobcat Goldthwaite not dead -- just writing and directing Bobcat Goldthwait is known as the zany screeching comedian who appeared in the "Police Academy" movies, and who set alight Jay Leno's couch on the Tonight Show. Nowadays he's a writer and director of movies about despicable people, and pays for it by doing stand up.June 11, 2010
Human rights officials: Ladies' nights discriminatory The Minnesota Department of Human Rights said Friday that it appears five bars in the Twin Cities are discriminating against male patrons by holding "Ladies' Night" promotions.June 11, 2010
Iran official expects trial soon for 3 Americans Three Americans detained in Iran for almost a year on suspicion of spying will likely go on trial soon if prosecutors
decide there is enough evidence to press charges, Iran's top human
rights official said Friday.June 11, 2010
A soccer pioneer's life after leaving the pro game The eyes of Minnesota soccer fans are on South Africa for the opening game of the 2010 World Cup later this morning. One of those fans is Buzz Lagos Many people know him as a founder and longtime coach of the Minnesota Thunder professional soccer team. Lagos now has a different, and some would say surprising, job.June 11, 2010
Minnesota lawyer caught in Rwandan political fight Rwandan presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire accused the current government of using St. Paul law professor Peter Erlinder as a pawn in a growing crackdown on political opposition.June 9, 2010
More moose sightings in unlikely places Researchers say more moose are being sighted
outside of the Boundary Waters and other areas of typical travel in
Minnesota.June 7, 2010
Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden dies John Wooden, college basketball's gentlemanly
Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all
of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever,
has died. He was 99.June 5, 2010
Alexander McCall Smith thinks about St. Paul from Edinburgh A new Alexander McCall Smith novel isn't news in a way. The prolific Scottish author is currently writing no fewer than five series of books. However for fans, a new No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency book is a big event. And for Minnesota fans there's an added extra in the latest book in the series -- a sub-plot about St Paul.June 4, 2010
U.S. State Dept. asks Rwanda to free jailed St. Paul professor The William Mitchell College of Law professor has been held in a Rwandan prison for six days on allegations that he expressed illegal views about the country's 1994 genocide.June 3, 2010
Polar bears' new digs at Como Zoo officially open A modern and more spacious polar bear exhibit at St. Paul's Como Zoo officially opened Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and visits by hundreds of patrons.June 3, 2010