INDIANA, Pa. (AP) âÄî A suspended Pennsylvania state trooper faces life in prison after a jury convicted him in the bloody slashing death of a dentist who was divorcing the lawman's live-in girlfriend....

FARGO, N.D. (AP) âÄî New flood projections for Fargo gave city officials a shock âÄî not only because of a higher forecast for the Red River, but because they have only a little more than...

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) âÄî Federal investigators say alcohol contributed to the death of a Minnesota teen who fell through a platform gap on New York's Long Island Rail Road. The National Transportation...

MINNEOTA, Minn. (AP) âÄî Everything is on the table as a small town in southwestern Minnesota considers cutting its budget, including eliminating its police department. Officials in Minneota (Min-ee-oh'-tuh)...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will spend up to $300 billion over the next six months to buy long-term government bonds, a new step aimed at lifting the country...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) âÄî The Guardian Angels national crime-fighting group could put its beret-wearing patrols on the streets of Rochester by this summer. Local organizer Mike LaPlante says the...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) âÄî Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants, including one in Minnesota, from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity....

LOS ANGELES (AP) âÄî The city police union has asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to review the legality of former 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson's release to the state of Minnesota for her parole....