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Share + Nov 2, 2009 10:51 pm US/Central Reporting Don Shelby BASRA, Iraq WCCO-TV anchor Don Shelby, along with photojournalist Tom Aviles, is embedded with the 34th Infantry Division from the Minnesota National Guard known as the Red Bulls.

The search for a signature Minnesota wine grape worthy of royalties rivaling the Honey Crisp apple has led to theft and intrigue.

Certain groups of kids are more likely to exclude meat than others -- and teens top the list.

Stringer Bell is confused. "Whaddaya mean The Wire's not feminist?" The Wire , the HBO series that ran for five seasons, will apparently live on, despite its shelf life, in a class at Harvard .

Ginger has been used as a natural remedy for many ailments for centuries. Now, science is catching up and researchers around the world are finding that ginger works wonders in the treatment of everything from cancer to migraines.

Inside a cramped back room at Rushford Hypersonic, a start-up headquartered in southeastern Minnesota, sits a cube-like machine that throws a mean atomic fastball.

Advice about soft drinks and health from one of the US's largest doctors groups will soon be sponsored by Coke.

Animal research is necessary for scientific advancement. Unfortunately, the public fails to realize how much care goes into ensuring read more animal welfare in research labs.

With debate set to start as early as Friday, House Republicans on Tuesday finally released a draft of what they call a health care reform bill.

Darrell Amberson, president of Lehman's Garage, a six-location collision repair operation based in Bloomington, Minn., received the 2009 ABRN Industry Leadership Award during the Collision Industry Achievement Award ceremony Nov.

Does Hand Sanitizer Kill H1N1? Share + Nov 3, 2009 11:46 am US/Eastern Does Hand Sanitizer Kill H1N1? MINNEAPOLIS 1 of 1 Hand sanitizer may be the hottest fashion accessory of 2009.

WASHINGTON - The list of decades-old grievances that Indian nations have lodged against the federal government is lengthy and a source of great acrimony.

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Public Health Experts from the University of Minnesota will soon be on the frontlines working to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health.

Orthodontist Dr Bruce K A Dormanen of WOW Orthodontics Gives Back to the Community in Anoka and Champlin MN by Offering a College Scholarship to Five Students Interested in the Field of Dentistry as a Career.

Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools.

James Otieno worked at Hewlett Packard for 23 years, becoming a vice president in the process.

I've been a professional journalist for almost a quarter century, and I followed my father - who followed his father and mother - into journalism and the newspaper business.

Retailer Target Corp. is cutting 85 jobs from its marketing department. The Minneapolis company says in a statement Thursday that the move was part of its normal practices of re-evaluating all areas of the company.

When Myron Orfield first visited Portland 15 years ago, Northeast 15th and Alberta was Portland's poorest Census tract.

October 29, 2009, 7:10 AM / The Oct. 22 Another Voice by University of Minnesota professor Gary Schwitzer criticized Roswell Park's prostate cancer awareness campaign for saying too little about the controversy about PSA as a screening test.