Daniel Schlienz

Family, sheriff at odds over inmate's death (with video)

The family of accused Cook County Courthouse shooter Daniel Schlienz is critical of the medical treatment he received in custody, but the sheriff says there was nothing they could have done better to prevent Schlienz's death.

Volunteers at the Special Olympics

Special Olympics keeps going in Duluth with dedicated volunteers, athletes

A volunteer finds Patrick Stojevich with a glance across the busy aquatics center at Morgan Park Middle School. “He’s wearing the hat,” she says. The baseball cap in neon colors marked Stojevich as the go-to guy at Saturday’s Special Olympics qualifier for Minnesota’s Area III in basketball and powerlifting as well as swimming.

Around the fire

Veterans find themselves pulling for their lives

Five veterans took part in an eight-day Outward Bound dogsledding and skiing course in the million-acre wilderness along the Minnesota-Ontario border.

Jack Connolly

Jack attack sparks Bulldogs past North Dakota

COLLEGE MEN'S HOCKEY: Two-time All-American center Jack Connolly had two goals and three assists for five points in his 155th straight game, a school record, in a 5-4 win Saturday night.

Whitney Houston

Singer Whitney Houston dead at age 48

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

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