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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday called reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups "outrageous" and said anyone responsible should be held accountable. He pushed back...

ST. PAUL — Gay Minnesotans and their supporters streamed into the Minnesota Capitol today expecting to witness history.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect told a judge Monday he wants to change his plea to guilty by reason of insanity, but the judge...

WILLMAR — The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for much of central and southern Minnesota from Tuesday afternoon to evening. The hot and breezy weather conditions,...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - The driver of a semi that collided with a freight train near Murdock last week has died. St. Cloud Hospital spokeswoman Jeanine Nistler says Eric...

Citizens in west central Minnesota can watch the gay marriage debate in the Minnesota Senate today live via several methods noted below. Television: The House gay marriage debate may be...

ST. PAUL — The bill to make gay marriage legal in Minnesota is taking its last step in the legislative process. The Senate is scheduled to take up the bill...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Monday she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson. By...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans increased their spending in April at retail businesses, buying more cars and clothes while paying less for gas. The rebound from a weak March suggests consumers...

COSMOS -- A 5-year-old girl was seriously injured Sunday in an ATV accident near Cosmos and a rural Darwin man is in jail on charges of second-degree driving while impaired...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican chairman of the House oversight panel is asking a veteran diplomat and a former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff for sworn testimony about...