His kids were staying in a different hotel room to avoid any distractions, and his wife had to persuade him to go to sleep — he’d defaulted to a law school lifestyle and stayed up into the...
Tim Mulcahy gave his final bow to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Thursday, when he presented the 2012 report on research.
The vice president for research is leaving on a good note —...
The Associated Press has called President Barack Obama as the winner of Minnesota's 10 electoral votes.
With just under a quarter of state precincts reporting, Obama had 52.4 percent of the Minnesota vote...
By Marjorie Otto
The University of Minnesota’s University Opera Theatre production of "Parables" will be shown on Twin Cities Public Television for the next two weekends. With the...
A jury on Thursday convicted a Minneapolis man of helping local men, including two former University of Minnesota students who are now presumed dead, travel to Somalia to fight with terrorist group al-Shabab.
Mahamud...
After introducing its key witness Monday, the U.S. government has laid out over nine days almost its entire case against a Minneapolis man charged with helping other local men return to Somalia to join...
A University of Minnesota student was charged in connection to a June hit-and-run on Tuesday.
Tyler Braunschweig, a 19-year-old design student from Appleton, Wis., is charged with criminal vehicular operation.
Just...
A jury heard opening arguments Tuesday in the trial for Minneapolis man Mahamud Said Omar, who’s charged with helping local men travel to Somalia to join terrorist group al-Shabab.
The prosecution...
The trial of a Minneapolis man charged with helping young men go to Somalia to fight with terrorist group al-Shabab began with jury selection Monday.
Mahamud Said Omar’s trial is the public’s...
Washington Avenue Bridge will close for a week, starting Monday, for construction workers to lay Central Corridor light-rail tracks on it, Metropolitan Council spokeswoman Laura Baenen said.
She said the...
The scandals are few and far between — most notably Steve Sviggum in recent years — but when conflicts of interest arise for the University of Minnesota’s leaders and employees, it can...
Amanda Tatro, who fought the University of Minnesota over punishment it imposed on her over Facebook posts, was found dead Tuesday morning. Her death comes less than a week after she lost the high-profile...
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the University of Minnesota didn’t violate the free speech rights of a student it disciplined over Facebook posts.
Mortuary science student Amanda...
Pam Wheelock will be the new University of Minnesota vice president for University Services, the University announced Thursday.
Wheelock was the interim CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota from...
Gov. Mark Dayton and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on Thursday announced their appointments to the five-member board that will work with the Vikings to develop the new football stadium downtown.
Dayton...
Fred E. Wood, currently a chancellor at the University of California, has been named the next leader of the Univeristy of Minnesota's Crookston campus.
Wood will begin as chancellor July 2, pending final...
Your Daily Digest for Friday, April 27:
Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed one abortion bill Thursday, and will likely veto another coming through the House, the Star Tribune reported. On Thursday, he said “no”...
When the University of Minnesota goes to the state’s highest court, less than half of the justices sit on the bench.
There’s a lot of overlap between the University of Minnesota and the state...
The Amanda Tatro Facebook court case is getting another round at the Minnesota Supreme Court because a justice recused himself because of Univeristy of Minnesota ties.
Associate Justice Paul Anderson wrote...
Marla Thao has a binder of diplomas and a criminal record.
There’s her associate of science degree, an office support certificate and her paralegal degree. She got them while serving seven years...
Your Daily Digest for Monday, February 20:
Despite promising to show constituents how he spends his time, Gov. Mark Dayton won’t release his daily calendar, the AP reported. After making that promise...
Your Daily Digest for Monday, Feb. 13:
The New York Times featured Minnesota in a Sunday story about how those critical of big government also take advantage of it. Ki Gulbranson of Chisago County...
By Jill Jensen
January unemployment fell 0.2 percentage points to 8.3 percent, the lowest it's been in three years.
Employment rose nationally by 243,000 jobs during the month, according to a White House...
Your Daily Digest for Friday, Jan. 20th:
Snow hit the cities Friday. Minnesota roads saw 177 crashes between 5:00 and 10:00 a.m., the PiPress reported. They caused 22 injuries, though none was serious....
Unexpectedly large lines formed in both rich and poor neighborhoods of Cairo Monday morning for the first Egyptian parliamentary vote since Hosni Mubarak's ouster earlier this year.
The New York Times...
Dick Bianco has a panic button under his desk.
As head of Experimental Surgical Services at the University of Minnesota, heâÄôs been the focus of animal rights activistsâÄô rage.
Bianco...
Your Daily Digest for Nov. 11, 2011
The Italian Senate today approved a set of austerity measures to do its part in tackling the European euro crisis as the entire continent is under pressure from...
The U.S. Army is employing “culture cards” to help soldiers better assimilate with and understand Islamic culture where they serve. By understanding the local culture, soldiers can reduce friction...
By Evie Smirnitskaya
Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite topic – the weather. Did you know today is the nicest day of the week? The Star Tribune did. See, now we broke the ice with small talk and...
President Obama announced today the withdrawal of the 39,000 remaining American troops in Iraq by year’s end. The announcement comes after Obama failed to reach an agreement with the Iraqi government...
By Evie Smirnitskaya
Your Daily Digest for Monday, Oct. 17:
Parents of media-savvy teens everywhere will have to do a little less nagging as wireless service providers and the Federal Communications Commission...
Your Daily Digest for Friday, Oct. 14:
The fight over if and how much insurance covers eating disorder residential care is heating up, the New York Times reported today. The federal government in 2008...
Your Daily Digest for Monday, Oct. 10:
Egypt this weekend had its most violent protests since the February ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, the New York Times reports. Christians, angry over an attack...
The University of MinnesotaâÄôs research community will be out of a big chunk of spending money as patents on a blockbuster HIV drug expire.
The school has made more than $350 million off a drug...
Your Daily Digest for Monday, Oct. 3:
The Supreme Court’s October term opens today, and it’s gonna be a feisty one. The agenda “both reflects the nation’s political landscape and offers the potential...
Your Daily Digest for Monday, Sept. 19:
President Obama will unveil a plan this morning to cut $3 trillion in spending over the next decade, the New York Times reports. The Times calls this the administration’s...
Your Daily Digest for Monday, Sept. 12:
A man was stabbed to death in downtown Minneapolis last night, the Strib reports. A reported fight left one dead and another wounded in the Ramp C parking lot on...
On that Tuesday 10 years ago, campus life halted as students crowded screens to watch horrifying events unfold.
Now a new generation mills through campus.
For students now, the attacks have sat in the...
Prosecutors have dropped accomplice charges against the mother of the Dinkytown hit-and-run driver, the Strib reported today.
Diane Bakdash,66, faced felony charges after a witness overheard her telling...
Math professor William Messing thinks the University of Minnesota should tear down Morrill Hall and house the administration in a tent.
There are too many administrators and theyâÄôre overpaid,...
An erotic toy company's donation to a U Med School chair is raising eyebrows in cyberworld today, but the U's rep says the company, Adam & Eve, is only one of many donors to the position, MPR reports.
The...
By reporter Sally Hunter:
A University of Minnesota law professor has been leading a campaign challenging a report that could propose a harder approval process for a variety of medical devices, according...
Officials pulled a body out of the Mississippi River near the University of Minnesota campus Wednesday afternoon.
A sheriff onsite said the victim appeared to have been dead for some time. The victim was...
The coinciding of major power transitions at the U and MnSCU could be an opportunity for new collaboration in a time of disappearing state aid, MPR reports today.
The U's new president, Eric Kaler, took...
Minnesota's state government shut down at midnight Thursday night because the DFL governor and his colleagues couldn't reach a budget deal with Republican legislators.
The budget impasse grew from about...
The "possible chemical spill" students heard about in a TXT-U alert Thursday night and Friday morning is actually an unidentified bad odor that's not danger, University spokeswoman Patty Mattern said today....
A safety center will open in August at the multi-colored Riverside Plaza apartment complex, considered the hub of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
The center, one facet of a larger safety plan unveiled...
Embattled U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, is stepping down as a belated result of his Twitter sexting scandal, the New York Times reported this morning. He officially announced his resignation at a Brooklyn...
Cheryl Reitan had a headache to deal with Friday.
The Internal Revenue Service seemed to say the entire University of Minnesota-Duluth lost its tax-exempt status, meaning donations to the school were no...
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., is joining the Democratic movement to distance from New York Rep. Anthony Weiner in the wake of Weiner's admissions of scandalous Twittering.
After first claiming his Twitter...
Diane Bakdash, mother of the man charged with the murder of Ben Van Handel after a hit-and-run, is seeking to have her own accessory charges tossed because of new doubt from a key witness, according...
Timothy Bakdash, who is accused of plowing down a group of University of Minnesota students after an alleged argument, has been indicted on first-degree murder charges, according to the Star Tribune.
Bakdash,...
A car hit a bicyclist that was biking the wrong way on Fourth Street Southeast Thursday night, the latest in a series of similar incidents near Dinkytown.
A driver was headed north on 10th Avenue...
By Kathryn Elliott:
Two bills that would restrict abortions passed the Minnesota Senate today, according to the Associated Press.
One bill, passed 42-24, would prohibit abortions 20 weeks after conception. ...
The University of Minnesota student that drove drunk and lethally hit another student last October was sentenced to four years and two months in prison, the Star Tribune reported.
John R. Peterson,...
Citing lack of evidence of harassment or defrauding, University of Minnesota Director of Golf John Harris asked Wednesday that Katie Brenny's suit against him be thrown out, the PiPress reported.
The...
Destruction hit the south yesterday, where storms killed more than 230 across five states. Tuscaloosa, Ala. got the worst, where a tornado flattened downtown, the New York Times reports today. “While...
Ben Van Handel, who was the most severely injured victim of last week's hit-and-run, appears to be near death, according to an entry by his family in a CaringBridge page.
"It with a very heavy heart that...
Your Daily Digest for Thursday, April 21:
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing 13- and 14-year-olds to life without parole violated the Eight Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and...
A box of Fairview patient records that included names, birthdays and diagnoses, went missing amidst an office move in February, the Strib reported today. Insurance claim reports for 1,200 patients admitted...
A “last-ditch” late-night meeting Wednesday didn’t produce the compromise necessary to solve the federal budget crisis and eliminate the possibility of a government shutdown, the New York Times reported...
Twin Cities pop music station KDWB is apologizing after playing a parody of “Tears in Heaven” that disrespects Hmongs. The song makes fun of big families crowded into houses, young girls getting pregnant...
Check out this interesting Strib piece on how road salts in the winter affect our lakes. The Pollution Control Agency will start a four-year project to look at solving the issue of chloride that seeps...
Your Daily Digest for Thursday, March 10:
A mob of more than 7,000 people rushed the Wisconsin State Capitol Wednesday night after Republicans pushed through a plan to vote on the bargain bill that would...
Thursday, March 3:
In the latest strong ruling in favor of the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that hateful speech at military funerals is protected free speech, the New...
Your Daily Digest for Thursday, Feb. 24:
An unprecedented 40-hour debate on a union vote led to a deal between Wisconsin democrats and republicans at about 6 a.m. today. The debate began Tuesday....
Your Daily Digest for Thursday, Feb. 17:
In one of the most violent crackdowns, riot police in Bahrain took to rioters with rubber pellets, shotguns and teargas earlier today, leaving five dead. ...
President Obama is visiting Marquette, Mich. today to recognize and promote the city’s unusually extensive broadband access, the Detroit Freep reports. On the shores of the frigid Upper Peninsula, Obama...
Here's your daily digest, from City Desk Editor Katherine Lymn:
In a double whammy of weather, the Northeast was buried by snow this morning in the second huge snowstorm of the season. The storm, “a...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested more than 100 people affiliated with the mob in a “blanket assault” early today, the New York Times reported. The arrestees, from crime families in New...
Your Daily Digest for Wednesday, Dec. 8:
Republican Tom Emmer conceded the Minnesota governor’s race this morning. After election night, Democrat Mark Dayton led Emmer by about 9,000 votes, and...
Your Daily Digest for Wednesday, Dec. 1:
The biggest government whistle-blower in decades is a candidate for Time’s Person of the Year. This isn’t the only short list Wikileaks founder Julian Assange...
Britain’s Prince William proposed to long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton last month, the Royal Press Office announced yesterday. William gave “commoner” Middleton the sapphire and diamond ring his...
Your Wednesday Daily Digest:
London student protesters have gained access to the Tory conservative party headquarters in a protest against high tuition costs, the Guardian reports. The rally was set for...
Your Daily Digest for Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010:
More than 12 hours after polls closed, Minnesota still doesn’t officially know who its next governor will be. DFL candidate Mark Dayton currently has a...
An 18-year-old St. Cloud State student was stabbed âÄúfour to five timesâÄù in the back and arm in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood early Monday morning, according to police.
The case is under...
Happy hump day. Your Daily Digest for October 27:
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake and subsequent 10-foot tsunami wave killed at least 272 people in the Mentawi Islands of Indonesia today, according to the New...
The Hennepin County AttorneyâÄôs office filed vehicular homicide charges Tuesday against University of Minnesota student John R. Peterson in the death of former student Kandyce Stoffel, 23.
Peterson,...
University of Minnesota Police apprehended five men, including three University students, after they attempted to climb over the TCF Bank Stadium fence early Saturday morning.
The 18- to 19-year-old men...
Your Daily Digest for Wednesday, October 20, 2010:
More than a million ballots cast in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election were thrown out because of fraud, according to the Associated Press. The ballots,...
Your Daily Digest for Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010:
Rescuers have been bringing 33 Chilean miners trapped in a San Jose mine up to the surface one-by-one over the night after the group was trapped underground...
Your Daily Digest for October 6, 2010:
Randy Moss is back in purple, ESPN reports this morning. The New England Patriots sent Moss back home to the Minnesota Vikings in a third-round draft...
Two days before taking over as the company’s CEO, BP managing director Robert Dudley announced both a new safety division in response to the oil spill mistake and the resignation of Andy Inglis, who...
A book slated for release Monday puts President Barack Obama in a critical light with regards to the Afghanistan war, CNN reports. Veteran journalist Bob Woodward, well-known for his work reporting...
The revolution of the G.O.P. became more apparent last night with party insurgents winning in the latest batch of primary races, the New York Times reported. "Dissident" Republican Christine...
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Your...
Cautious collaboration is key for the University of Minnesota Medical School’s revised conflicts of interest policy, released last week.
The new policy places strict reporting requirements on external...
Last fall’s flood of Gophers football fans left many Stadium Village businesses disgruntled with city parking rules that prevented them from selling their open spots on game days.
This may change,...
Jason Sowards wants to start a brewery. He has already done the research, location scouting and business planning. But one obstacle still stands in his way: Under a current Minneapolis ordinance, Sowards...
Two University of Minnesota grads, Joe Mullenbach and Alex Johansson, are launching a water filtration startup company, according to the Star Tribune.
The technology, which reduces the amount of weed killer...
The parties already exist for make-up, sex toys and Tupperware. But now, there is a buying party for men: Man Cave Worldwide "meatings."
The company, started by a 2010 University of Minnesota graduate,...
Buffalo Wild Wings fans will be able to do the spicy “Blazin’ Challenge” on campus as early as December if the chicken wings chain’s efforts to bring a restaurant to Stadium Village...
Those who didn’t get a spot in Sydney Hall Residences this fall will have another chance to live in a Doran Companies building next year when the developer will complete the jarringly similar 412...
Some consider it a season of enthusiastic political fervor. Others, like area businesses, might see it as an annual infestation.
Every summer, canvassers representing environmental and civil rights nonprofit...
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights determined that Sally’s Saloon and Eatery in Stadium Village violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act due to gender-based pricing.
The department has been...
Prospect Park’s Profile Event Center has rebranded its adjoining restaurant into a more international establishment.
Previously called Casablanca, the restaurant is now Pangea, named after the supercontinent...
Amid its owner’s appeals, a 110-year-old house near the superblock in the Prospect Park neighborhood is set to be demolished in the coming months.
The house, located at...
When Chris Zweber heard his buddies complain that their girlfriends forgot to take their birth control pills, the entrepreneurial studies student thought hard and found a solution. Zweber added an alarm...
The feeling customers get from a store’s flooring can affect how a product makes them feel, which can in turn determine whether they buy it, according to new research from University of Minnesota’s...
