St. Paul police have arrested a substitute teacher at Community at Peace Academy for allegedly watching child porn on a computer and then showing it to students, reported Kare 11.
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Mexico's Secretary of the Interior announced Wednesday in the official newspaper of the Federation that Esther Chávez Cano will win the 2008 National Prize of Human Rights, reported La Jornada.
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Laid-off workers at Republic Windows & Doors ended a five-day sit-in late Wednesday after banks agreed to lend the company $1.75 million for outstanding wages and benefits, reported CNN. The Chicago Sun-Times reported the sit-in had last six days.
Minneapolis is now offering snow emergency updates on Facebook and MySpace, plugging into an audience that has been previously hard to reach, reported Fox 9 News.
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A first grade boy who took a table knife to Pembroke Pines elementary school and threatened a six-year-old boy in order to receive $1 faces possible expulsion, as well as charges of armed robbery, officials told the New York Times Wednesday.
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The U.S. government released Wednesday the first installment of a $400 million aid package to support Mexico's police and military in their war against the drug cartels, reported Fox News.
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A St. Paul man accused of assaulting his 1-year-old daughter pleaded guilty Monday to three felony-level crimes, reported the Star Tribune.
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A Florida circuit court judge Tuesday overturned a 31-year-old law that prevented adoption by gays and lesbians, reported CNN.
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According to the BBC, Jamaica's parliament has voted Tuesday against a proposal Tuesday that would ban the death penalty in a country that has one of the world's highest murder rates.
Recent armed robberies in downtown Minneapolis have led to a crime alert, Kare 11 reports.
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A principal liaison officer with Interpol in Mexico has been arrested Wednesday as part of an inquiry into suspected links between officials and drug traffickers, reported the BBC.
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Mark Begich, Anchorage mayor, defeated Sen. Ted Stevens Tuesday in Alaska’s bid for the U.S. Senate, reported the Anchorage Daily News.
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A 13-year-old girl was charged Friday with second-degree assault for stabbing her 13-year-old ex-boyfriend at their St. Paul junior high school Wednesday, reported the Pioneer Press.
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The nation saluted Friday Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, who has served in several command positions in her 33-year Army career, as the first woman to receive four stars, reported CNN.
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Mexican scientists have turned a booming export, tequila, into diamonds, yet the crystals are too small to be used in jewelry, reported ABC News from Australia.
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