So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes?

Last week, Palin announced she was leaving office because she didn't want to be a "lame duck" Governor, among other reasons. She also said she didn't want to be one of those Governors that travels and has fun at the

A 14-year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the neck during a Fourth of July celebration.

The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their training camp schedule. It'sa bit shorter than usual, with only 12 days of open practices inMankato.

Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.

Saturday, a 14-year-old driver and two 17-year-olds were ejectedfrom a truck when it rolled in the town of Vance Creek, Wis. One waspronounced dead at the scene.

A Minnesota sheriff's deputy shot several times last February has been taken off a ventilator.

Prosecutors have charged 21-year-old Abdiaziz Bashir Abdikadir with breaking into a home and shoving a child, according to Dakota County court documents.

Just a few months ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty argued that manufacturersshould be exempt from paying sales tax on major equipment purchases.Now, as part of his $2.7 billion deficit fix, he's going to hang on totheir cash longer.

A baby boy from Redwood Falls is dead after an accident at a campgroundin Southwest Minnesota. Four-month-old Wyatt Sander was in a tent withhis parents on Sunday around 8:30 a.m. when a minivan backed over thetent and dragged it several

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California distressed homeowners, particularly in Northern San Joaquin Valley, were assured by U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan that changes would be made to ensure that more residents would be eligible to loan modifications that will help

Novelist David Rhodes released three highly acclaimed novels when he was in his 20s, and then was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident. He joins Midmorning to discuss his first novel in more than 30 years, and the long road back

Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliestday for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year — and a sign thatthe war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and eastcould now be expanding

Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Monday that 20-year-oldSahel Kazemi bought the semiautomatic handgun found at the scene where Steve McNair died was bought Thursday evening from aperson he didn't name. An autopsy showed that McNair and Kazemi died early

A Salem, Massachusetts mother accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son has pleaded not guilty to an attempted murder charge in the nine-year-old boy's death.

South Carolina authorities confirmed Monday that a suspect slain in North Carolina was the same man wanted in connection to the rash of murders in their state.