Returning veterans swell ranks of US entrepreneurs More than 200,000 people are discharged from the U.S. military each year, and advocates say they often possess qualities that make good entrepreneurs: resourcefulness, a taste for risk-taking and a can-do attitude.October 14, 2012
Iran hackers behind Gulf oil cyberattacks, U.S. says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the cyberthreat from Iran has grown, and he declared that the Pentagon is prepared to take action if American is threatened by a computer-based assault.October 12, 2012
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to crisis-ridden European Union The Norwegian prize committee said the EU was being honored for six decades of contributions "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."October 12, 2012
Al-Shabab recruit wanted to be 'good Muslim' A third Twin Cities man recruited to fight for the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia told a federal jury on Wednesday he was convinced he would be a "good Muslim" by joining the war in his homeland.October 10, 2012
Mother mourns 'grim milestone' in longest US war On Sept. 29, Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Metcalfe was on patrol in the country's rugged Wardak Province when his unit came under small-arms fire. He was the nation's 2,000th casualty in Afghanistan.October 7, 2012
Many Iraq, Afghan vets choosing 'second service' During the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, hundreds of thousands of veterans have come home and laid aside their uniforms. But not all have opted to simply blend back into civilian life. Many have chosen to run for public office.October 6, 2012
Witness at al-Shabab trial describes escape from Somalia If it weren't for a skin rash, two Twin Cities men who traveled to Somalia to join radical insurgents might still be there today. Instead, the young men are cooperating witnesses for the federal government in the trial of a 46-year-old former janitor from Minneapolis.October 5, 2012
Minn. man tells of al-Shabab recruitment A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists testified Wednesday afternoon in the terror trial of a man charged with facilitating a pipeline of fighters to Somalia.October 4, 2012
Relatives testify in Somali terror trial The mother of a Minneapolis men killed in Somalia while fighting for a terrorist group said her son wouldn't have been able to travel back to his homeland in 2008 without help.October 3, 2012
Dayton orders flags lowered to honor soldier Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered flags lowered to honor an Army sergeant killed in Afghanistan who attended a Minnesota college.September 29, 2012
Obama addresses the United Nations President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the United Nations Tuesday and is expected to discuss unrest in the Muslim world. We'll be carrying the speech live and then analyzing his remarks with our guests.The Daily Circuit, September 24, 2012