NEW PRAGUE, Minn.— A 911 call in which a caller claimed several people had been gunned down at a school in southern Minnesota was likely a hoax, a county sheriff said Wednesday.
Lululemon pulls yoga pants that were too revealing
Lululemon has yanked its popular black yoga pants from store shelves after it found that the sheer material used was revealing too much of its loyal customers.
Popes of the 20th and 21st centuries
Here is a list of the popes from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Francis is first pope from the Americas
Pope Francis is the first ever from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernized Argentina’s conservative Catholic church.
Video: Habemus Papam: Pope Francis introduced to world
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.
Raw video: crowd ebullient as pope announced
Tens of thousands of people who braved cold rain to watch the smokestack atop the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City jumped in joy when white smoke poured out, many shouting ‘Habemus Papam!’ or ‘We have a pope!’
Raw video: white smoke signifies new pope
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney signals the Catholic church has chosen new pope.
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected pope; chooses name Pope Francis
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
Minnesota House, Senate panels pass gay marriage bills
The Senate Judiciary Committee and House Civil Law Committees endorsed the bills Tuesday on party line votes, with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed.
More black smoke: Cardinals don’t agree on pope
In the second day of the conclave, thick black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, prompting sighs of disappointment from the thousands of people gathered in a rain-soaked and chilly St. Peter’s Square.
Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try.
Papal names are rich with meaning
Every time a new pontiff is chosen in a conclave, a senior cardinal goes up to him and asks: “And by what name do want to be called?”
Conclave to elect new pope begins
The heavy wooden door to the Sistine Chapel has been closed and locked, signaling the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI following his stunning resignation.
Chavez widely mourned, but some hope change on way
Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was seen as a hero by some for his socialist programs, his anti-U.S. rhetoric and gifts of cut-rate oil. Others considered him a bully who repressed his opponents.
Top Minnesota College Republican backs gay marriage
Ryan Lyk told The Associated Press he wants people to know that not just Democrats support gay marriage.