Universities across the nation are in the midst of a campus housing boom, replacing aging residence halls with gleaming facilities.
Demand, aging buildings spur campus housing boom
Kenyan wins Grandma’s Marathon in record time
Dominic Ondoro finished in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 6 seconds. He beat second-place finisher Christopher Kipyego by 2 minutes, 51 seconds.
Twins HR in 10th doesn’t hold, Boston wins 2-1
The Minnesota Twins lost their fifth game in a row when Boston’s David Ortiz and Mike Napoli delivered back-to-back homers off Casey Fien and the Red Sox won it 2-1 Wednesday.
Sights, smells of holding cells for immigrant kids
The surge in immigrant minors, mostly from Central America, has overwhelmed the U.S. government.
Storms rake SW Minnesota with hail, high winds
Weekend storms dumped as much as 4 inches of rain at Luverne and over 5 inches in some areas near International Falls on the state’s northern border.
Dempsey, Brooks give US 2-1 win over Ghana
The victoy put the U.S. and Germany on top of the Group G, with Ghana and Portugal at the bottom.
Netherlands thrashes Spain 5-1 in World Cup opener
The Netherlands defeated the defending world champions 5-1 Friday with a clinical display of counterattacking football at the World Cup opener.
Heat turn to the tape to make fixes before Game 4
The San Antonio Spurs shot a finals-record 75.8 percent in the first half of a 111-92 victory in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
House Majority Leader Cantor defeated in primary
Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia was dethroned Tuesday by a tea party-backed Republican primary challenger.
Prosecutor: Trucker in Morgan crash hadn’t slept
The truck driver accused of triggering the highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours before the accident.
Super Bowl organizers on defensive over NFL asks
A published report detailing perks the NFL requests of cities bidding for the Super Bowl has organizers of the 2018 Minnesota game on the defensive.
US D-Day vets honor fallen comrades
Veterans from the U.S. 29th Infantry Division returned to the shores of Omaha Beach at dawn Friday after 70 years.
Apple expands into health, home with new software
Apple unveiled new tools for tracking health and controlling household appliances that are part of updated operating systems.
Man charged with impeding marathon bombing probe
A friend of the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon was accused Friday of obstructing the investigation into the deadly attack.
Minneapolis awarded 2018 Super Bowl
NFL owners rewarded the Vikings for arranging to build a new stadium on the site of the old Metrodome by choosing Minneapolis over New Orleans and Indianapolis.