As this year's Democratic National Convention kicks off in Denver this week, we revisit the tumultuous 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago through a radio drama produced by Minnesota Public Radio and The History Theatre, "All the Way with LBJ." (Midday, 08/25/2008)

The City of Duluth, which is facing a large budget crisis, is considering selling part of its cultural and natural heritage to settle the budget gap. (08/21/2008)

Minnesota native L. Bruce Laingen was charge d'affaires of the American Embassy in Iran when radicals took over the building and held 52 Americans hostage from November 1979 to January 1981. Laingen joins Midday to talk about his experience during the hostage crisis. (Midday, 08/19/2008)

Minnesota's new sesquicentennial license plate was unveiled today in Duluth. (08/13/2008)

It's the only gas station ever designed by Wright, and it's in Cloquet, Minn. (08/07/2008)

Our current mortgage meltdown crisis is a modern day version of a spectacular collapse 150 years ago. (07/13/2008)

Split Rock Lighthouse has withstood everything Lake Superior could throw at it for almost a century. Now, just short of the landmark's centennial, this popular North Shore attraction is getting a badly needed facelift. (07/07/2008)

Seventy-five years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt launched the New Deal. It was a massive federal relief effort intended to improve the economy and provide employment during the Great Depression. A new exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis features art from that program. (06/27/2008)

Hurwicz, 90, shared the 2007 Nobel economics prize with two other Americans for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains from transactions. He was retired from the University of Minnesota. (06/25/2008)

Minnesota wouldn't be what it is today without the help of a small, but dedicated group of nuns. (06/24/2008)

This Minneapolis music store has lots of goals. Selling music is only one of them. (06/19/2008)

Two teenagers from Chaska have completed a canoe trip from Fort Snelling to Hudson Bay, retracing the route that journalist Eric Sevareid took in 1930. (06/16/2008)

Minnesota is celebrating its 150th year as a state, but many American Indian residents are not joining the celebration. (06/16/2008)

University Avenue, the route of the Central Corridor light rail line, has a colorful past that is still evolving. We wanted to know how the light rail line might impact University Avenue yet again, so we visited different points along the route to find the answer. (05/28/2008)

A Duluth doctor recalls serving in an Army MASH unit in the Korean War. His experience was similar to the popular M*A*S*H television show of the 1970s. (05/26/2008)