Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

The state Supreme Court considers whether a judge abused his discretion by not allowing an expert witness to testify. Full Story »

Gov. Tim Pawlenty got himself a buck Saturday at the Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener, but still came up empty handed. Pawlenty, who has more often than not failed to shoot a deer during the opener, shot a small buck while hunting north of Thief River Falls Saturday morning. Full Story »

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by a group of homeowners who sought to block foreclosures in Minnesota, but their attorney said the case led to significant progress anyway. Full Story »

MINNEAPOLIS - The mother of one of three U.S. hikers held in Iran says their families are trying not to get pulled into the tense relationship between the U.S. and Iran. Full Story »

ST. PAUL, Minn. - 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. Full Story »

A charcoal grill ignited a fire that damaged a house in the 2000 block of Field Avenue in St. Paul. Full Story »

Now, what kind of dummy would get stuck on a power plant stack? One that is part of an emergency drill being conducted this afternoon in northeast Minneapolis. Full Story »

A 45-year-old lumber mill worker was killed on the job in northern Minnesota, when he was struck by a piece of wood thrown from a machine, authorities said this morning. Full Story »

The timing may not seem perfect, given sunny skies and unseasonable warmth, but this is the annual Winter Hazard Awareness week in Minnesota. Full Story »

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Singer Gene Pitney may be gone, but his music lives on in St. Paul. A tribute to the 1960s singer-songwriter is set for Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. in the auditorium at McNally Smith College of Music. Full Story »

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Twin Cities-based food companies, nonprofits and faith-based groups are teaming up to discuss whether they can find a way to end hunger. Full Story »

Vets and enlisted service members now worry about how they will be treated. Full Story »

Former Vikings defensive back Earsell Mackbee died Monday morning, 10 days after donors made it possible to charter a specially equipped plane and fulfill his dying wish to return to Vallejo, Calif., where he grew up. Full Story »

A Ramsey County district judge ruled Monday that Gerald Wassenaar, 67, who is charged in the Nov. 2 death of his wife, Jean, can continue to be held at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Full Story »

The Ramsey County attorney's office said Monday that it has declined to file charges in connection with the death of a 5-month-old boy in St. Paul this summer. Full Story »

A St. Paul City Council member's plan to raise awareness gets some resistance. Full Story »

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A key figure in the case of a Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme acknowledged Monday that he was a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record who had entered the federal witness protection program decades earlier. Full Story »

As other cities have seen, the cost of such a project makes it surprisingly divisive. Full Story »

A provider is charged with using safety pins to create homemade straitjackets. Full Story »

The school raised security around one of its researchers after an animal activist group singled him out on its website. Full Story »

A Minneapolis man beat his son with fists and an extension cord, and burned him with a hot iron before the boy sought refuge in the family's oven, according to criminal charges filed Monday. Full Story »

A Red Wing man was charged Monday in a string of armed robberies in south Minneapolis in which he threatened store clerks with a knife on a Leatherman tool. Full Story »

Veterans Day ev3eApplebee's , all locations. Veterans eat for free. Show proof of service and choose from a six-item menu. (An item that the Star Tribune published on page B7 Sunday erroneously reported that guests should call local Applebee's restaurants to make reservations for this offer. Full Story »

MINNEAPOLIS - An immigration attorney says roughly 1,250 undocumented janitors in the Twin Cities were fired from their jobs in October as their company checked immigration papers. Full Story »

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - An investigation into the deaths of three people who were overcome at a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona is expected to be forwarded to prosecutors next month. Full Story »