The latest Minnesota employment report is starting to look pretty bleak as the MN unemployment reaches the highest point since 1983.

Pope Benedict XVI has been urged to act on autism after Adam Race, a 13 year old boy with severe autism was banned from the Roman Catholic Church of St.Joseph in Bertha, Minnesota by his priest Fr.Daniel Walz. According to court documents, Fr. Daniel Walz took out a temporary restraining order on the boy with autism and his mother Carol Race on the grounds of disruptive behaviour.' They were threatened with arrest by the Sheriff of Todd County if they entered the church for Mass.

Autism Campaigners have urged Pope Benedict XVI to provide guidelines to the Roman Catholic Church on how to deal with children and adults with autism and Asperger's syndrome in the light of the banning of a 13 year old boy with autism, Adam Race from the Church of St.Joseph in Bertha, Minnesota.

A half-mile down in an old iron ore mine in Minnesota, incredibly sensitive detectors have been waiting for a particle of dark matter, an invisible substance that may form the skeleton of galaxies, to make itself known.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an Air Pollution Health Advisory through Friday due to elevated levels of fine airborne particulates for most of Minnesota, with the worst air quality occurring in the Twin Cities and Rochester. Stagnant winds overnight are helping trap fine particles and allowing them to build.

Minnesota Children’s Museum wants to let everyone in on a secret — an intriguing new exhibition called Top Secret: Mission Toy. Kids will have a unique opportunity to play toy detective when the exhibition of toys from around the world December 1.

The Minnesota Opera 2007-2008 season will open with Giuseppe Verdi's A Masked Ball. Based on the real-life assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden, Verdi's opera pulsates with drama from beginning to end.

Jump into the world of Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Cookie Monster and all your favorite lovable characters from the popular children's television show at Minnesota Children's Museum. Visitors can experience the Sesame Street set from the famous brownstone steps of 123 Sesame Street.

The United Sates emergency teams continue to search for eight missing bodies, a day after a bridge over the Mississippi river in Minnesota collapsed killing atleast four.

In a major development, with potentially huge impact on the data security practices of companies worldwide, Minnesota has become the first state in the USA to enact into law a key component of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).