In this addition of Slant Pattern, SC's Kevin Beane counts down his five favorite sports video games of all time, with two honorable mentions, and one dishonorable. Is it possible your favorite game didn't make the cut? Yes. Sorry.

High gas prices cost the state money, but pump a huge windfall into the treasury, too.

State Sen. Kim Brimer is suing to knock his Democratic challenger, Wendy Davis , off the ballot.

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Incoming freshman basketball player Marc Trasolini (Vancouver, B.C.) is spending his last summer prior to college in an exciting fashion - playing basketball as a member of the U-18 Canadian National Team. The team is currently in training camp in

The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up another of their young stars on Thursday, signing goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year, $35-million US contract.

The franchise leader in goals and points for the Vancouver Canucks is heading to the New York Rangers.

Some business owners will have one less month to file their federal tax returns under a new rule implemented by the Internal Revenue Service.

Many times, big draw to a company is not just the base salary, but the little perks.

Heading into the holiday weekend, drivers in Southern California got a small bit of good news, as gasoline prices declined in the area for a second-straight week.

Sen. Barack Obama talked with a group of North Dakota veterans in front of about 1,000 people.

The Taste of Minnesota is poised to change hands within a month. That means that this year's Taste may be the last one that co-founder Ron Maddox gets to do entirely his way.

Beginning July 8, state public defenders outside of Hennepin County will no longer represent parents in child protection cases, or in specialty courts such as drug court, because of budget cuts. Children will wait longer in foster care.

A new book on technology and education says the internet is about to transform America's schools, much as it has changed the rest of the world.

A radio play about the kindness of residents of Gander, N.L., who sheltered air passengers stranded by the Sept. 11 attacks has had its debut on British radio.

Even if patrons choose to do all the work at strawberry pick-your-own fields in New Brunswick this summer, it won't necessarily mean they will get the same "sweet" deal they remember from previous years.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued a draft environmental assessment Thursday, July 3, for public review and comments on a proposal to help fund improvements at the Billings Trap Club on northeast of Lake Elmo.

The mount of an 830-pound male grizzly bear struck and killed by a pickup truck near Lincoln last fall will be on display at the Hooper Park Pavilion in Lincoln on Saturday, July 5 from 9am-5pm as part of a

The second meeting of the 2008 Elk Archery Committee, a group formed to recommend regulations in 23 hunting districts outside of the Missouri River Breaks, will meet in Bozeman Tuesday, July 8 at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and #39;