As long as the wind chill is above zero, David LaPorte rides his bike from Roseville to Minneapolis for work.  For the last four months LaPorte, a biochemistry professor at the University of...

 No, it's not another movie about the Titanic. It's another Titanic. An Australlian billionaire announced on Monday that he will build a high-tech replica of the Titanic and it will sail from...

Bob Dylan, Madeleine Albright and John Glenn are all recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom. This year's medals will be given at the White House by President Barack...

There is a drug that counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other painkillers that has been used by emergency rooms and ambulances for years. Public health officials across the nation began distributing...

A lesbian den mother was thrown out of the Boy Scouts of America group because of the organizations ban on gays. Jennifer Tyrell was removed in April after she was asked to take over as treasurer of the...

The man holding the record for living the longest with a bullet in his head died in California at 103.  William Lawlis Pace died at a nursing home on Monday, 94 years and six months after being accidently...

The Dalai Lama was a speaker at a panel discussion on the topic of "resilience through mindfulness" in Rochester, Minn. on Tuesday. The panel was put together by the Mayo Clinic's Mind Body...

On May 6 residents of the Twin Cities can expect to find an empty pill bottle in their mail boxes as a test drive to an antibiotic delivery system in the event of a bioterrorist attack in Minnesota. According...

Mexican immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has dropped significantly for the first time in decades. The shift comes as many illegal workers already in the U.S. see fewer and fewer job opportunities...

  With Spring Jam underway, Dinkytown businesses kept busy Friday and Saturday, taking advantage of the extra customers who were heading to the festival. Toppers Pizza held its first Worldwide Topperstix...

The line at Hideaway went out the door on Friday afternoon.  The store had a 40 percent off everything deal for its annual 420 sale. On Saturday the store will have a 40 percent off hookah...

April 20, better known to some as "420," is unofficially known as a day for smoking and advocating the legalization of marijuana. At the University of Colorado Boulder, one of the biggest pro-pot...

  Two unrelated abortion bills passed the Minn. House and Senate on Wednesday. The house passed a bill requiring a woman to take an abortion pill, like RU-486, in the presence of a doctor, reported...

The judge of the Trayvon Martin case quit after the attorney for George Zimmerman cited a conflict of interest relating to her husband. Florida Circuit Judge Recksiedler stepped down because her husband...

A bill allowing for more explosive fireworks passed the Minn. Senate 41-22 on Tuesday. The House version of the bill is waiting for a floor vote. Currently, the law only allows residents to purchase and...

Most people dread tax day but some restaurants are easing the pain of the day with free food giveaways. Mcdonald’s is handing out small french fries with any purchase. It’s an unlimited offer,...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is hosting a free webinar on April 18 to help college seniors and younger workers pay their debt and start saving. As part...

A group of cows were found frozen in an old ranger cabin high in the Rocky Mountains and it may take explosives to dislodge them. Two Airforce Cadets found the carcasses while snow-shoeing up to the...

A mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika province, Mohammad Ashan, walked up to a police checkpoint holding a "Wanted" poster with his face on it. He demanded the finders fee of $100 written...

Filmakers have created a TV show just for man's best friend. DogTV is eight-hours of on-demand cable TV programming designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you are...

The space shuttle, Discovery, took it's last flight Tuesday over Washington D.C. before being delivered to the Smithsonian Museum for permanent display. The shuttle took off flying piggyback on Nasa's...

 Police officers responded to an emergency situation on Interstate 94 near the Lyndale Avenue bridge, causing traffic to pile up. Witnesses called in a man threatening to jump from the bridge into...

South Korean defense officials said North Korea fired a long-range rocket early Friday, reported the Associated Press. This defys previous international warnings against a launch widely seen as a provocation. In...

  Kevin Jack calls himself a part-time driver. A resident of St. Paul, Minn., he often commutes to work by bus. But starting this month, frustrated by high gas prices and traffic jams, Jack is joining...

A play scheduled for next week by the University of Minnesota Duluth has Catholics objecting because of its criticism of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. The play, "The Deputy", a 1963 script,...

A kindergarten boy showed off fifty packets of heroin for show and tell on Monday. According to the Connecticut Post,  the boy's stepfather was arrested when he came to retrieve the drugs. The...

MILTON, Wash.-- Two seventh grade boys helped gain control of a bus when the driver suffered a medical emergency Monday morning. Jeremy Wuitschick was returning to school on Monday after spring break when...

Best Buy Co. CEO Brian Dunn announced his resignition from the retailer. The company announced on Tuesday that the decision was mutual and there were no disagreements with Dunn on any matter, according...

According to the numbers released Friday morning, the unemployment rate is at 8.2 percent-- the lowest since January of 2009. But the number is not being celebrated. According to the Washington Post,...

Nearly all eight of the Ivy league institutions in the United States, among many other colleges across the country, reported all-time low percentages of students accepted for next year. Despite having...

The University of Minnesota is soon to become one of 17 schools worldwide hosting an innovation sustainability challenge for its students. The Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award program ...

Community college students are constantly in a battle for the classes they need and want, whether it be for credit to get into a four-year university or the need for certain job training skills. A California...

Police in Anoka County arrested a man for punching his girlfriend, who retaliated with throwing 1-week-old pit bulls at him. Both are in the Anoka County Jail, according to the Pioneer Press. David Peter...

A company providing supplies for growing medical marijuana will be setting up shop Friday only a few miles from the White House.  WeGrow first opened in Sacremento last year by...

St. Thomas School of Law lost its ranking spot on the U.S. News and World Report magazine list of "Best Law Schools" after an error in the schools reports. The school's No. 119...

A 2.5 ton circus elephant broke away from its handlers and ran loose in Cork, Ireland Wednesday afternoon. The 40-year-old elephant, named Baby, was filmed galloping through a mall parking lot, narrowly...

Best Buy Co. announced Thursday they will close 50 stores across the United States and cut over 400 jobs, mostly at the company's headquarters, by fiscal year 2013. After losing $1.7 billion...

Police patrolling Nicollet Mall on Friday chased 15 to 20 youth after they attacked a group of bicyclists. According to a criminal complaint there have been "numerous, recent 'flash mobs'...

The Pillsbury A-Mill stopped running over a decade ago but the building still stands with the Mississippi River running right through the bottom of the building. Now Dominium Co. plans to convert the building...

Concordia University students are trying to change a law that currently grants lawmakers the privilege to drive drunk to and from the capitol during session. The Minnesota constitution currently excuses...

The father who left his 11-year-old son to go to California will recieve joint custody with the boy's mother. Steven Cross, 60, and his ex-wife Katik Porter, 39, will share joint legal and physical...

  Angela Irizarry was born with only one pumping heart chamber. In August, doctors at Yale University performed experimental surgery to grow a new vessel by implanting a bioabsorbable tube in Angela's...

  Chilly Billy’s Frozen Yogurt is jumping on the  Pinterest bandwagon with pins of flavors and toppings on five boards. The frozen yogurt shop is the first store in Dinkytown to follow...

A University of Minnesota researcher is developing an app that would tell the blind and visually-impaired not only when to cross the street, but which direction they’re going and how many lanes they...

Across the country, sororities are in an uproar about the new TLC show, “Sorority Girls” –– a reality show featuring five American girls trying to start Britain’s first sorority. “Sorority...

  About 2,500 University of Minnesota students looking for deals at campus-area restaurants are using a new app developed by a team of University students and alumni. With College ByME, an app launched...

Carson Powers never had formal training, but he knows a counterfeit bill when he sees one. Since he started working at Erbert and GerbertâÄôs in Coffman Union last fall, heâÄôs been handed...

A University of Minnesota neighborhood is seeking to increase involvement from its student residents. Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association is working to establish a Student Involvement Committee, following...

University of Minnesota, Crookston Chancellor Charles Casey announced Tuesday he will retire this summer. Crookston, with 1,600 undergraduate students, is one of the five campuses in the UniversityâÄôs...

University of Minnesota, Crookston Chancellor Charles Casey announced Tuesday he will be retiring this summer. Crookston is one of the five campuses in the Univerity's state-wide system, with...