Lunch in downtown Rochester today disproved an old axiom. A long line of downtown workers did get a free lunch as the crew at the new Newt's offshoot ? Newt's Express - did a dress rehearsal with lots of hot...

OK, I did hang with Hung - for a couple minutes Wed. on the Mayo Field before the Honkers battled the Wisconsin Woodchucks at an apparent win that turned to a loss after an overturned umpire call. First, I need...

Where will the University of Minnesota Rochester grow in the years ahead?  How and where will the University campus develop?That?s the topic of the next Post-Bulletin Dialogues event, set for Thursday in the Rochester Public ...

The Answer Man received this question and, before discarding, just thought he'd let the world see what kind of mail he sometimes gets -- no editing applied:Mr. Answer Man, since you are so ackowlegable on answering so many questions I ...

Here's a list of new hunting and fishing rules that went into effect Wednesday:Fishing, hunting law changes effective July 1Hunters and anglers should be aware of a number of law changes thatwill take effect July 1 (as opposed to the usual ...

There's a new Web site devoted to the Great Lakes area and includes information on Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario.It's Great Northern ...

FELDY: I know that Phersy's alive and actually looking forward to returning home from F-L-A, because my phone lit up with text message after text message from him last night as he was following NHL free agency, Day 1, from the beach. ...

FELDY: What a wild Canada Day, eh?  Lots of activity on the opening day of the NHL's free agency period.((UPDATE 10:07 p.m.: It's official, Martin Havlat is a member of the Wild. Just got an e-mail from Aaron Sickman in the ...

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Google unveiled its latest Web application to a group of developers, and first reactions include the words "wow," "amazing" and "unbelievable."Despite my wife's exhortations of my geekiness, I sat through the 90 minute video of ...

There are a handful of free software programs that every person with a PC should not be without, but perhaps the one amazes me most is the Picasa photo organizer from Google.Picasa, now in version three, is a godsend for people who shoot a lot ...

My trip health-conscious venture this weekend included a desire for spaghetti.  We're heading into fresh-tomato season at the farmers market.  So I latched onto one tomato and found some young carrots, too (the yellow ...

[The H1N1 virus. CDC photo.  Click to enlarge.]Great Britain has predicted it will see 100,000 new cases of H1N1 pandemic influenza by the end of August if the current daily doubling in cases continues."Cases are doubling ...