Some efforts to make Minneapolis a more livable city are working well; others not so well. That's the gist of a report delivered to the city council's Committee on Health, Energy and the Environment..
The Minnesota Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that tries to help some homeowners avoid mortgage foreclosure. Eligible homeowners could defer a pending foreclosure for up to a year if they use foreclosure counseling services and agree to
The Minnesota House Monday night passed a tax bill that would provide property tax relief for some homeowners and prohibit new businesses from getting tax breaks from the JOBZ program. After eight and a half hours of debate, the House
Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Cokie Roberts recently discussed her latest book, "Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Country," at the Commonwealth Club of California.
Browns Valley has reached a deal with a local farm family to buy land along the Little Minnesota River. The 110 acres are needed for a project to control flooding.
Minnesota transportation officials saythey're closing several lanes of the Blatnik Bridge between Duluth and Superior, Wis., so they can repair eight gusset plates.
As Vladimir Putin, Russia's president for the past eight years, prepares to step down and turn power over to his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, Midday explores what this change will mean for Russia and the international community.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik met with High Representative Miroslav Lajcak on Sunday (...
Our message is to the military rulers: Let the US come to help you, help the people. Our hearts go out to the people of Burma. We want to help them deal with this terrible disaster. At the same time,
The 123 agreement between the two former Cold War rivals was signed in Moscow by the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko and US ambassador William Burns. The civilian nuclear cooperation pact is a result of over 20
Tobacco could kill as many as 1 billion people in the 21st century, health experts warn. But antitobacco activism may be winning the day. At least 84 countries now have policies in place to curb smoking, and many are enacting
For years, Western experts promised Africans that free-market ideology would save them from poverty and famine. Now, one African country is showing that sometimes, a little protectionism can work wonders.
Dominique Lapierre, author, Indophile and now Padma Bhushan recipient, on the continuing suffering and neglect of the survivors of the Union Carbide gas leak.
Valeriy Pysarenko, Member of Parliament from BYuT, said IMC ("InterMedia consulting"). According to Pysarenko, "if the actions of Victor Yuschenko will not contradict those democratic principles, which adheres coalition in the parliament, then his candidature will not have any alternative
Great support the present mayor enjoys allows him to be re-elected on the post of Kyiv mayor, Serhiy Berezenko, a member of Kyiv council from the Chernovetsky's bloc told IMC. "Wrecking of the elections is needed to opponents of the
Yuriy Karmazin, MP from the bloc Our Ukraine-people's Self Defense, authorized representative of the candidate for the position of Mayor Mykola Katerynchuk, said, answering the question to who is advantageous that election to Kyiv City Council would not be held
