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• Don't be a fashion flake!

  Created: Monday, 23 January 2012 14:07

  Sweaters, accessories and sparkle are all big for winter 2012 fashion. Find out how to incorporate these styles into your winter wardrobe! {loadposition rotator} ...

• Ticket sellers to open store on Facebook

  Created: Thursday, 19 January 2012 11:02

  Five major ticket sellers — Ticketmaster, StubHub, ScoreBig, Eventbrite and TicketFly — have launched an online store on Facebook, hoping to boost sales by tapping into the social network’s 800 million users. ...

• High-tech companies take on urban design with smart cities

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:21

  Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and other major Japanese electronics makers are increasingly turning their sights toward “smart city” projects designed to create eco-friendly, energy-efficient communities. In the wake of the March earthquake ...

• Minnesota farmers given a role in water quality

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:41

  A new federal program that encourages farmers to adopt better land-use practices that cut pollution into rivers and lakes is getting a trial run in Minnesota. The pilot project took its first step Tuesday when Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Agricultu...

• For Timberwolves guard J.J. Barea, one man's 'yes' is another's 'maybe'

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:27

  It appears Timberwolves trainer Gregg Farnam will have the final say on whether J.J. Barea will be available to play in tonight's game against Detroit at Target Center. Barea has been recovering from a sprained left ankle, which kept him out of...

• Irondale High School to get visit from U.S. education secretary

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:19

  Next year, students at Irondale High School will have more chances at earning free credit toward a two-year college degree as part of a program that has caught the eye of President Barack Obama's education chief. U.S. Education Secretary Arne...

• District 191 School Board looks to resume all-day kindergarten

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 08:58

  The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school board is considering a plan to return the district to free all-day kindergarten next school year. The decision is expected to be made at the board meeting on Thursday night. The district offered free all-day kin...

• Mayor Coleman cheers proposal for new park for Saints

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 08:45

  St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman on Tuesday welcomed the governor's proposal to issue $27 million in bonds for a regional ballpark in Lowertown. ...

• Wait... Who and how many binge drink?

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:05

  More than 38 million adults in the U.S. binge drink alcohol about four times a month, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds. The activity is more common among younger people, but older people who binge drink do it...

• University of Connecticut researcher fabricated data of red wine health benefits

  Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 11:15

  A three-year investigation into the work of a University of Connecticut researcher who focused on the health benefits of resveratrol — a chemical in red wine — found 145 instances of fabricated research. Dipak K. Das, a professor in the D...

• C-c-c-cold K-k-koi!

  Created: Monday, 09 January 2012 14:16

  As winter sets in, Normandale staff prepares for the frozen-fingered clutch of old man winter by plowing the parking lots, salting the sidewalks and starving the koi. What, pray tell, are the koi, and why are they being starved? Koi are ornamenta...

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pronounced dead

  Created: Sunday, 18 December 2011 22:57

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the mercurial strongman extolled at home as the “Dear Leader” and reviled abroad as a tyrant, has died at 69, North Korean media reported Monday. Kim’s death was announced by state television from th...

• Amy Koch resigns as Senate majority leader

  Created: Friday, 16 December 2011 12:00

  Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, R-Buffalo, is resigning her leadership post and will not seek re-election next year. In a surprise letter made public Thursday, Koch said she made the announcement after thoughtful conversations with famil...

• Vermont fraternity suspended for survey question on rape preference

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2011 17:12

  A University of Vermont fraternity has been suspended and could face further discipline after it circulated a survey asking members to name the person they would like to rape, and the frat’s national organization said he was shocked by the...

• A push to put more women in the halls of power

  Created: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 11:55

  Sen. Patty Murray says that if Congress had more women, there might be a plan in place to deal with the nation’s $15 trillion debt. While the supercommittee that she helped lead failed last month in its bid to offer a $1.2 trillion deficit-...

• 'Equal partnership’ with Iraq spurs protests outside White House

  Created: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 10:57

  With the last U.S. troops set to depart Iraq, President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed a new phase of “equal partnership” with the Iraqi government, even as both sides admit uncertainty about how that will work. (pictured right) Seaid Ne...

• Interview with NCC student and soldier Michelle Faircloth

  Created: Monday, 12 December 2011 09:38

  Michelle Faircloth, a Normandale student and soldier in the National Guard discusses the events of September 11, 2001 and her emotions, as she recalls that fateful day while speaking with Richard Train, a U.S. Marine that served in Vietnam. ...

• SETI restarts with revised mission, program with US Air Force

  Created: Thursday, 08 December 2011 11:31

  Thanks to the help of 2,700 independent supporters and a new deal with the U.S. Air Force, the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array went back online Monday. For the first time since April, the group of 42 giant radio telescopes built to m...

• Chinese air pollution becomes hazardous.

  Created: Thursday, 08 December 2011 11:04

  Whether it’s fog or smog, thousands of people have been delayed during the last few days by the almost-opaque air around Beijing Capital Airport. The delays since Sunday evening at one of the busiest, most modern airports in the world rai...

• EU berates United States, China for blocking climate talks

  Created: Thursday, 08 December 2011 10:52

  Tempers flared Wednesday over the glacial pace of progress in climate talks taking place in Durban, with the European Union berating the United States and China for blocking the way forward. "What is really frustrating is to see for the thir...