They donâÄôt look very different and they cost about the same, but starting Monday, all the cigarettes in the state of Minnesota will be âÄúfire safe.âÄù A law passed in 2007 goes...
NEW YORK (AP) âÄî In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that...
Despite the projected slowing in holiday spending, this past weekend, known to many as âÄúBlack Friday weekend,âÄù saw a dramatic increase in consumer spending from 2007. According to a...
Tough economic conditions are threatening the endowments of the University of Minnesota Foundation and the Minnesota Medical Foundation, with both foundations reporting losses since the new fiscal year...
For once, politics is the hottest ticket in town. Demand for tickets to the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama has reached a fever pitch with less than two months until the event. âÄúGetting...
If thereâÄôs an influenza pandemic across the country, getting sick might be the least of peopleâÄôs worries âÄî generating electricity might be issue no.1. The University of MinnesotaâÄôs...
After Day 2 of the ever-contentious recount for MinnesotaâÄôs open Senate seat, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman held onto his lead, though with 42.33 percent of ballots recounted, some votes...
The classic idea of an âÄúinventorâÄù might be a lone genius tinkering in a basement lab. But University of Minnesota electrical engineering alumnus and inventor Patrick Delaney âÄôs...
For Steve Walker, 49 , and his wife and three children, their home isnâÄôt technically a home at all, rather its People Serving People, an emergency homeless shelter in downtown Minneapolis . The...
As the nation faces pressing economic and environmental, Americans are calling for action to combat both issues at the same time. According to a survey released Nov. 12 by the Environmental Defense Fund,...
