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FAA: Military should have been alerted sooner of lost contact
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that its air traffic controllers should have contacted air defense officials much sooner in the case of a Northwest Airlines jet last month that flew past its destination.
A walking tour of Target Field
The new Target Field, soon to be home to the Minnesota Twins, is still under construction but very close to completion. MPR producer Jim Bickal toured the facility and put together this walking tour of some of the field's more interesting highlights.
U of M seeing larger transfer population
In a report to the Board of Regents Thursday, university officials said more than 2,700 students transferred to the U, a population of students the U of M doesn't know a lot about. But this year the school hopes to study who they are and why they come to the U.
A court watchdog group has demanded the resignation of Hennepin County Judge Stephen Aldrich, after the judge allegedly made a joke about murder during a hearing on a domestic violence restraining order.
An effort to hear from the public on the scandal surrounding the now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force will release its findings Thursday and two groups say using databases is one way of keeping track of criminal gang activity.
The University of Minnesota brought in $267 million in gifts and pledges in the past year, the second-largest amount ever collected, officials said Thursday.
St. Paul narrows superintendent finalists to six
Interviews with the six people vying to be the next superintendent of St. Paul Schools are set to begin in days. Most of them won't have to drive far to get to those interviews. The district named its semi-finalists last night. Five of the six are from the Twin Cities area.
Commentary: Remembering Armistice Day
A commentary by Rev. Gordon Stewart on the Armistice Day, now known as Veterans Day, of his youth.
Minneapolis imam pleased to be off no-fly list
The imam of a Minneapolis mosque that has been associated with the disappearances of nearly 20 Somali men is relieved to be off of the government's no-fly list after being banned from air travel a year ago.
A nearly two-year effort to rewrite a conflict-of-interest policy at the University of Minnesota's medical school has resulted in a document that would cover all employees at the university.