The transit workers union has demanded higher pay and safety measures for bus drivers, among other things. The offer comes after months of state-led mediation between the union and the Metropolitan Council.

The "financial assurances" package is a kind of damage deposit made to protect taxpayers from having to cover the costs of shutting down and cleaning up the proposed northern Minnesota mine.

The Minnesota Super Bowl host committee invited the team to join special activities -- and shocked their coach with free tickets to game.

Matt Johnson, a former captain of the Minnesota Wild, has fallen into 'a dark place,' his mother tells TSN, the Canadian sports network. He's addicted. She and her husband haven't seen him in a decade. They hear he's homeless in Santa Monica, Calif. The $6 million he made playing in the NHL is gone.