New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be in Minneapolis later this month to help give a financial boost to the Independence Party of Minnesota.

Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama highlighted veteran's issues at a campaign stop Friday in Fargo.

South Dakota Sen. John Thune said inaction by congress is partly to blame for the high price of fuel.

Beginning July 8, state public defenders outside of Hennepin County will no longer represent parents in child protection cases, or in specialty courts such as drug court, because of budget cuts. Children will wait longer in foster care.

An American history professor gives some history lessons and answers questions about the independence movement in the American colonies, the Continental Congress, and the Revolutionary War.

Despite all the warnings, doctors say some people will mishandle fireworks this Fourth of July and pay the price.

Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, thesixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring theeconomy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5percent.

Nearly one-third of the country's topexecutives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months, reflectingfallout from the housing bust as well as soaring energy prices.

Organist Joseph Ripka from Elk River, Minn., is about to set off on a European tour to play on some of the world's most-famous pipe-organs.

A Sioux Falls soldier has died ofwounds he suffered in Afghanistan.

A fringe group that has vowed to create chaosduring the Republican National Convention has posted conventiontravel plans on its Web site.

A new book on technology and education says the internet is about to transform America's schools, much as it has changed the rest of the world.

South Dakota tourism officials are seeing an increase in international tourists this season.

As Minnesota politicians head to 4th of July parades, they're likely to get an earful from voters on high gas prices.

A new movie, "Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr Hunter S. Thompson," opens across the country today. It examines the rise and fall of one of the great counter-cultural writers of the 60s and 70s.