Creating 'Mayhem' for a good cause (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:24 GMT
A University of Minnesota disability specialist has turned a car-trip game into an iPod app and a live version for bars -- all to benefit brain research.
Boys swimming and diving: Radecke finishes 10th at state for Ponies (Stillwater Gazette)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:58:58 GMT
MINNEAPOLIS - The Stillwater boys' swimming and diving team capped off its conference and section championship season at the MSHSL Class AA state meet on Saturday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Boys swimming and diving: Gibb fails to advance past state semifinals (Stillwater Gazette)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:58:28 GMT
MINNEAPOLIS - Stillwater's Liam Gibb made the cut to the semifinals, but failed to advance to the finals following Thursday's diving competition at the Class AA boys' swimming and diving state meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Sports notes: Blankenship wins 1-mile race at Big Ten Indoor Championships (Stillwater Gazette)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:58:18 GMT
Stillwater graduate Ben Blankenship contributed to the cause as the University of Minnesota men's track and field team defended its Big Ten Indoor Championship on Feb. 27-28. The former two-time individual state champion for the Ponies in the 1,600 meters ran to a victory in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:05.64.
See how computer forensics helped track down school threat suspect (WALB Albany)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:42:11 GMT
Parents dropped their children off at school Thursday morning, knowing the front door would be locked behind them. By the afternoon, the partial lockdown was over in Minneapolis public schools.
Across the USA News from every state (USA Today)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:14:28 GMT
News from every state
Shooter Now: Apple Valley eighth-grader could be next hoop phenom; Gopher icons list missing Carl Eller (Pioneer Press)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:23:24 GMT
Dave Thorson, who spent five years as a University of Minnesota men's basketball assistant and the last 19 years as boys coach at DeLaSalle, watched Khalid El-Amin's first days at Minneapolis North up through his stardom at UConn, as well as Sam Jacobson's early days at Park (Cottage Grove) on his way to the Gophers and the NBA.
Minnesota House panel tightens civil asset forfeiture rules (Pioneer Press)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:00 GMT
Acting in the wake of the Metro Gang Strike Force scandal, a House committee on Thursday approved a bill to strengthen Minnesota's civil asset forfeiture rules, giving prosecutors the authority to review police decisions to take private property from suspects.
Minneapolis School District / School threat is deemed not credible (Pioneer Press)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:06:27 GMT
Minneapolis schools lifted a districtwide lockdown Thursday after authorities ruled that an online threat wasn't credible.
Minneapolis school lockdown ends in 2nd day (Pioneer Press)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:34:39 GMT
Minneapolis schools lifted a district-wide lockdown Thursday after authorities ruled that an online threat wasn't credible.
