MPR News Update

Cat video fans invade the Fair; same-sex advertising isn't mainstream yet

Meow-wow: Cat Video Festival packs the State Fair Grandstand Internet Cat Video Festival photos: The Grandstand was packed Video: Lindstrom 'town' girl's State Fair cow connection Ads featuring same-sex couples not yet mainstream State Fair University: How to walk in Antarctica Southwest Light Rail tunnel proposals would remove hundreds of trees Minn. tourism shows moderate growth for 4th consecutive year Minneapolis Public Schools cancels classes at more than two dozen sites What's your reaction to MPS canceling class? Video: Terrible beauty of Yosemite's wildfire Sand mine gets approval in Mankato Smart phones aren't reducing the rural Internet gap Fast-food strikes set for cities nationwide Minnesotans mark 50th anniversary of March on Washington Scientists find clue to age-related memory loss 9 million use sleeping pills to get more zzz's EPA sued for scrapping livestock data collection Xcel Energy's Monticello plant to be re-inspected for flood safety US sugar producers receive good news from Mexico Court file: Minn. woman says dead babies were hers Minn. Security Hospital: Investigators find two cases of patient maltreatment Minn. State Fair attendance down 20 percent Native sex trade crossing international borders through Lake Superior