Play4min 03secSt. Cloud professor unearths history of slavery in MinnesotaMay 7, 2010 4:51 PMBy Ambar EspinozaA St. Cloud State University professor has found evidence of slavery in several Minnesota counties before the Civil War. Among them was Slyvanus Lowry, St. Cloud's first mayor.
Leech Lake, White Earth plan treaty rights eventMay 7, 2010 11:15 AMBy Tom RobertsonOjibwe band members will highlight their claim to treaty-based hunting and fishing rights by staging two separate events in Bemidji May 14, a day before the state's walleye fishing opener.
Play53min 54secBig thinkers on children's brain developmentMay 6, 2010 12:00 AMPsychologist Alison Gopnik says that scientists have learned more about the brains of young children in the last thirty years than they had in the previous two thousand. Also segments from the TED Twin Cities conference held at the Science Museum Wednesday on new ideas being tried in Minnesota to promote child development.
Supreme Court settles some questions, leaves others openMay 5, 2010 8:00 PMBy Dane SmithThe court's decision in the unallotment case was a defining moment in the struggle among Minnesota's three branches of government.
Protesters arrested at Cargill buildingMay 5, 2010 2:36 PMA group of protesters have been taken away from a Cargill Inc. office building in Minnetonka after locking themselves to a stairwell.
A clash of family values outside Highland Park clinicMay 5, 2010 5:00 AMBy Shannon DruryPlanned Parenthood's services there have inspired passion among both critics and defenders.
Play6min 48secState support for elderly faces uncertain futureMay 5, 2010 12:00 AMBy Curtis GilbertWith the second-highest rate of elderly poverty in central Minnesota, Todd County relies heavily on state support to care for its seniors. But Medical Assistance has been the subject of budget cuts recently, and those cuts may be just the beginning.
Play2min 09secThe hard-won success of "The Help"May 4, 2010 4:40 PMBy Euan KerrKathryn Stockett's novel "The Help" was the surprise literary success of 2009. After 60 agents rejected her manuscript, the first-time author's book has now been on the New York Times best-sellers list for 56 weeks.
Technology could serve the elderly, attract the youngMay 4, 2010 9:40 AMBy Jennifer VogelElected officials, business leaders, and regular citizens have debated for decades how to bolster the economy, provide jobs for Todd's youth so they'll stay or return after college and attract people like Dagen and Fletschock.
Minn. House to vote on more health and welfare cutsMay 4, 2010 6:41 AMThe House is expected to take up more cuts to health and welfare programs on Tuesday to help balance the state budget.