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It's official-the Senate will consider and debate a health care reform bill. If a bill passes and President Obama signs the bill into law, it will go down as a monumental piece of legislation.

Environmental groups and industrial unions are leaning hard on Minnesota's U.S. senators, pushing for vigorous, new renewable energy standards that, according to a new report, will revitalize the hard-hit manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy.

When two pilots missed the Minneapolis airport by more than 100 miles while on their laptops, it offered just one more illustration of the perils of distractions when operating moving vehicles.

Nov. 18: NBCa TMs Chuck Todd talks to President Obama about his decision on a new Afghanistan strategy, the planned trial of suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a growing list of missed White House deadlines.

Antoinette Davis, right, listens to her charges on Monday near Sanford, N.C. Davis is the mother of a 5-year-old who was found dead by a heavily wooded road, ending a weeklong search, police said.

A A Nov. 18: A 15-year-old Missouri girl has been indicted in the death of a 9-year-old neighbor, allegedly telling police she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Transportation in the Twin Cities region entered a new era Monday, as the Northstar Commuter Rail Line began daily service.

Residents living downstream from Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., along the Red River fear their towns would be sacrificed in a diversion plan to save the two larger cities from chronic flooding.

Her brother was just 10 when he was diagnosed with cancer, putting her family in emotional and financial turmoil, said Toni Radmann, of Roseville, addressing a crowd gathered Thursday in Rochester in support of President Obama's health care overhaul.

A new poll shows that Minnesotans continue to like the job Sen. Amy Klobuchar is doing and appear to be warming to Sen.

" U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar , Mike Johanns , and Patty Murray this week introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act to include job training and apprenticeship opportunities for post-9/11 veterans.

Lakeville neighbors frustrated by the proximity of empty railroad cars to their homes will meet with the rail owners and city officials this month to discuss safety worries.

Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota plans to introduce new legislation to prevent wireless carriers from unfairly raising penalties for Early Termination Fees.

Some members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are among those attending Tuesday's memorial service for the victims of the shooting at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas last week.

As "Sesame Street" marks its 40th anniversary, characters from the show have been embedded in Google's logo -- that's how ubiquitous and beloved Big Bird and Cookie Monster are.

Minnesota may be getting the short end of the pipe under a long-used federal formula that helps pay for improvements to wastewater and drinking water.

With unemployment benefits set to expire for thousands of Minnesotans by the end of the year, the U.S. Senate passed a bill, cosponsored by U.S. Sen.

Climate bill supporters are looking to Sens. John Kerry, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman as the great, green hope for getting legislation through the Senate.

Thank you for another powerful and passionate piece from Ruben Rosario on the plight of maltreated and murdered children in our community .

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is recommending that a federal magistrate judge be named as the next U.S. District Court judge in Minnesota.