Twin Cities

Gov. candidate acknowledges depression, drinking
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton says he has struggled with mild depression for years and relapsed in his recovery from alcoholism while serving in the U.S. Senate.
Minnesota braces for more snow
The winter storm bearing down on Minnesota and much of the Midwest has delivered what it promised: treacherous travel conditions and an extra white Christmas.
The U.S. Senate is set to debate a major overhaul of the nation's food safety regulations, once Congress wraps up health care reform, and at the center of the debate is E. coli, a bacterium virtually unknown to the world before an outbreak at McDonald's 30 years ago.
A 33-year-old St. Paul man was being treated at a hospital Wednesday for severe burns, and two other people were arrested after police in Eagan said the three tried to steal copper wire from a substation.
Singer, song-writer and steel guitarist Cam Waters was found dead at his Minneapolis home this weekend. He was 51 years old.