The University of Minnesota is defending its right to discipline a student over Facebook comments that her instructors found threatening.The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday.
Former chief justice, St. Thomas alum Sheran dies at 96
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Sheran, a St. Thomas graduate who was appointed twice to the state’s highest court, has died. He was 96.
Nonprofit teams with UST on breadfruit dryer project
A Minnesota-based nonprofit has teamed up with the University of St. Thomas in hopes of using breadfruit to fight hunger in developing countries.
Employed students’ workload puts studies at risk
A majority of Minnesota undergraduates already work between 20 and 30 hours per week on average. They say it’s essential to pay for tuition and other expenses, which have skyrocketed in the last decade.
Some college officials worry that work is competing for too much of students’ time.
Analysis: Iowa win helps Romney, sort of
An Associated Press commentary says Mitt Romney’s whisker-thin Iowa caucus victory was underwhelming in scope and anti-climactic in its finality. But it moves him closer to the Republican presidential nomination chiefly because of who finished fourth and fifth.
Four St. Paul firefighters injured in blaze
Four St. Paul firefighters have been hurt while battling a house fire on St. Alban’s Street.
NDSU students design winter travel app
Computer engineering students from North Dakota State University have helped design a smartphone application for winter travelers.
Church can build in Wayzata neighborhood
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka has won the right to expand in Wayzata after taking its case to court, an example of a legal fight between religious freedom and local zoning rules happening around the country.
Loss of Freeport mill seen as historic
National Geographic photographer Richard Olsenius says the fire that destroyed the Swany White flour mill Tuesday night is more than just the loss of another building or business in just another quiet town in the middle of just another prairie state.
Saudi women to run, vote without male approval
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official said Wednesday. The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but …
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Snowstorm troubles holiday travel in Midwest
Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal accidents, shuttered highways in five states and may have caused a deadly plane crash, crawled deeper into the Great Plains early Tuesday, with forecasters warning that pre-holiday travel would be difficult if not impossible across the region.
Hotels were filling up quickly along major roadways from eastern New Mexico to Kansas, and nearly 100 rescue calls came in from motorists in the Texas Panhandle.
WikiLeaks suspect seen as hero, traitor
The document in which Pfc. Bradley Manning allegedly confessed to giving classified information to WikiLeaks also includes a rationale that has made him a hero among peace and anti-secrecy activists worldwide: “I want people to see the truth.”
Va. Tech: Gunman in police killing wasn’t student
A Virginia Tech police officer was killed after pulling a driver over in a school parking lot. Police said the gunman was not involved in the traffic stop. Instead, he approached, shot the officer and then fled on foot before apparently killing himself in another lot.
Lawmakers, White House regroup on jobs
Obama promised to keep the pressure on Congress for his job initiatives.
Obama promises to keep the pressure on Congress for his job initiatives.
Judge OKs lawsuit challenging NYDP stop and frisks
The lawsuit accuses the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime, citing evidence that officers are pressured to meet quotas and are punished if they do not.