President Barack Obama will appear on The Daily Show tonight two days after an aggressive performance at the second presidential debate.
This will be the president's sixth visit to...
A St. Paul man was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday for attacking the coach of his son's youth hockey team in Inver Grove Heights last December, the St. Paul Pioneer Press said.
Thomas...
Andrew Engeldinger, the man who killed six people and himself after he opened fire in his former work place, showed signs of mental illness for years, according to an MPR interview with his parents.
In...
Confession: When I was 16 years-old, I traveled across the Canadian border to see my teenage band obsession Taking Back Sunday play live in Winnipeg. As you can imagine, when I heard that Adam Lazzara...
After a twenty-one year hiatus (perhaps six years, depending on how you look at it—two tracks were released in 2006 to accompany a best-of release), Stereogum reports that The Replacements...
The nation’s unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, according the jobs report released this morning by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
According to the report,...
Jim Lehrer, last night's presidential debate moderator, has faced some harsh criticism after a shaky performance.
The 78-year-old host of The News Hour on PBS has moderated 12 presidential debates...
The Minnesota Student Association is hosting a presidential debate watch party tonight at 8 p.m. in room 175 of Willey Hall. The event is cosponsored by the Minnesota Young DFL and the College Republicans.
Free...
The Democratic Party recently completed their convention where they had an array of speakers from across the nation making their pitches for why President Barack Obama deserves a second term. Apart from...
A video surfaced Monday morning of Mitt Romney telling a small group of supporters that 47 percent of Americans will vote for Obama because they “are dependent on the government” and “believe...
As University of Minnesota students move into their new Dinkytown homes at the beginning of the school year, it’s not uncommon to see a mountain range of old trashed items spring up along the curbs,...
Attorney Jordan Kushner argues before the Minnesota Supreme Court on behalf of his client, former University student Amanda Tatro, on Wednesday at the capitol. Tatro sued the University over disciplinary...
The 2012 presidential election is becoming a gossip extravaganza thanks to one man’s ridiculous claims. Donald Trump has no business in politics in the first place, but he is taking his quest for attention...
On Thursday, the editorial board threw our support behind a small tax that could go into effect for the host community of a new Vikings stadium.
I'll be honest, I thought we'd get more than a handful...
Two questions: Have we had enough of Rebecca Black's "Friday"? Can you get enough of Rebecca Black's "Friday"? The hit song, for there is no other way to describe it, has been defended by Rolling Stone...
Giving is a wonderful thing, especially when it can benefit an entire state that has a $5 billion deficit.
Last week, Minnesota health insurance company UCare cut a $30 million check in an effort to close...
Hello Daily readers, Ashley Bray here. I am writing in response to a letter to the editor “The high cost of University parking” (03/08/11) that was published last week in the Daily. Like many...
Monday. February 7,2011
A group of University of Minnesota students from the Energy Efficiency Student Alliance held a campout in front of Coffman at the temperature of below-zero wind chill to kick...
A box containing a collection of fancy new Verizon 3G smartphones arrived to our office last week for testing. The Palm pixi + pre were quickly snatched up by my colleagues and I was given the opportunity...
Attorney Bob Colstad speaks at a press conference Tuesday near downtown St.Paul as Reese Hagy, a plaintiff in the case, looks on. JULES AMEEL, THE MINNESOTA DAILY
Maryan Yusuf, left, and Merrie Benasatti from the CHANCE program discuss the future of the Somali community at the second annual Somali Youth Summit on Friday.
University architecture senior Jon Bucholtz works Friday during one of the final days of building. The solar-powered house will be presented at the 4th biennial Solar Decathlon Competition in Washington,...
University political science junior Lolla Mohammed Nur speaks outside Kolthoff Hall on Monday protesting the elimination of the civil rights complaint department out of the 2009 city budget.
Jerry Moore was contracted to replace the windows in this north Minneapolis house. The fraudulent deal was used in a lawsuit against a man named Larry Maxwell.
University biology graduate student Hoda Saedi and her friend, pharmacist Jessica Reiter, attend a vigil Monday at Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The vigil was to honor those currently part of the...
From left to right, Nikolay Kovalev, Daniel Gerbig, Alan Jacobs, John Olson, Adam Rudin and Jason Grimes are a part of the University of Minnesota’s Solar Vehicle Project team.
