An Arlington, Minn., couple discovered a strange rock in one of their corn fields......

Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota ......

Thousands of bloggers and website operators in Minnesota will soon begin losing out on sales commissions from Amazon, the huge online retailer......

Mounds View won their first state baseball title by defeating ROCORI 8-0 Monday at Target Field......

Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug - and more than half take two, researchers from the Mayo Clinic reported Wednesday ......

Video captured by a witness shows the wreckage of a helicopter burning in a Maplewood garage following the crash that killed the pilot Wednesday morning......

A bridge collapse in Mesa, Ariz., Wednesday left one man dead and another hospitalized, according to reports......

Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship broke out across this continent-sized country, with more expected Tuesday, protests uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and...

Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement......

Dubai inaugurated the world's tallest twisted tower this month ......

One very special principal, Roger Boddie, is retiring after 36 years as principal of Hingham Middle School in Hingham, Mass. ......

Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia......

The Justice Department violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone calls to and from journalists for The Associated Press as part of a leak investigation, the head of the company said Wednesday ......

Stocks are falling after the Federal Reserve gave a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy, which investors took as a hint that the bank was nearer to a decision to reduce its economic stimulus program.
The Dow Jones industrial...

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has taken on-field batting practice for the first time since being cleared to increase his rehabilitation program for a broken left ankle.
Jeter took 21 swings on Wednesday at the Yankees’ minor league complex...