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Scientists have long known that the offspring of two inbred strains tend to be superior to both their parents.

A man who crashed his truck into a downtown Minneapolis building thought he was driving into the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to police.

John Lupton is a lifelong Republican. His father, also named John Lupton, represented this area for 10 years in the state Senate.

For a set of routine - often, boringly constant - government statistics, the monthly updates to the unemployment rate have taken on a lot of drama this year.

President Obama has nominated two Minnesotans for high positions in the diplomatic corps and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Like many parents, Joan Healy pays her three teens an allowance. But she's not sure she's dishing out the right amount.

Prescription drug prices for medications commonly used by seniors are rising far faster than the costs of other consumer goods and services.

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For some people, the violent acts of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, is a mark against every believer.

U.S. drug manufacturers have been raising their prices at the fastest clip since 1992, industry analysts say.

A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housing.

A new report from the Institute of International education says the University of Minnesota 's Twin Cities campus ranks third in the nation among research institutions in the number of students who studied abroad.

Joseph Kelly Lara, 41, who once used the pseudonym 'Nick DeAngelis Mancuso,' was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 240 months following his guilty plea in June to one count of securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

Thanks to Spero Daltas, an octagonal "Emerald City" rose in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, a Persian princess got her palace and university buildings, libraries, banks and embassies were built around the world.

MINNEAPOLIS - U2 is bringing its "360" tour to the University of Minnesota's new TCF Bank Stadium next year.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : The wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs in the United States increased by about 9 percent in the last year, a sharp contrast to the 1.3 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index.

As drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislation takes effect, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years.

The over-activity of a gene known to boost a woman's risk for breast cancer may have a good side, making arteries healthier, a new study suggests.

Bikes Belong named Minneapolis-based Colle+McVoy as its agency of record. ... Multiply, Minneapolis, redesigned and developed a Web site for information-technology business solutions company Accelare.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, second from left, has to balance the interests of many senators, including, from left to right, Amy Klobuchar, Olympia Snowe, Joe Lieberman and Al Franken.