Minneapolis Star Tribune

Research chemist Pat Savu says that between family obligations and work, her life in the Twin Cities is "frantic." When she travels, she's looking for a different pace. For the...

A crown of streaming clouds flowed off the cone of Costa Rica's Arenal volcano. A sound like thunder shook the air. Standing in a lava field about 2 miles from...

This time last year, the guys in Vampire Weekend already had started to feel the buzz. They were being touted by influential music Web sites and courted by record companies....

As Travis Busch launched the pass the length of the court with 1.5 seconds left, any faint chance Minnesota had of reaching the NCAA tournament rested on its accuracy. When...

The Minnesota Twins plan to have backup catcher Mike Redmond do a half-inning of analysis from the dugout once a week on their radio broadcasts this season. But there's a...

Writer, artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran, living through the Shah's regime, the revolution that overthrew him, and the establishment of the theocratic government that imposed fundamentalist...

You can see the ache in Tamara Phillips' eyes. As her autistic daughter, now 14, has grown, so has the loneliness: her daughter's loneliness in school, but also the parents'...

In every holiday shopping season from 1995 through 2005, Christmas was on the house. Not this year. The housing downturn that started last year and has accelerated this year has...

To reduce noise transmission on a busy street, you have to break up sound waves. Generally, if a barrier blocks your view of the road, it will reduce the noise...

All you have to do to know that the members of Motion City Soundtrack have been around each other as much as any married couple over the past five years...