Since the grand opening of the light rail transit system, University student Sara Benning said her rush-hour commute to school has been cut from 45 to 30 minutes. "It's a great thing," she said. Benning...

During the last two weeks at the Minnesota State Fair, thousands of people got a closer look at many of the University's activities. Throughout the 12-day event that ended Monday, fairgoers walked through...

University graduate Craig Boe is one of many bar patrons faced with various smoking ban ordinances across the metro area. Boe, who calls himself a "militant nonsmoker," said he spends his time with a group...

It's not often that rural New Scandia, Minn., makes the front page of Twin Cities newspapers - especially because of a violent stabbing, residents of the township said. On the morning of Aug. 12, a former...