My company doesn't offer a 401(k). I invest the max in a Roth IRA, but I know that won't provide enough for retirement. I'd like to invest another $5,000 a year into some sort of retirement plan. What options do I have? -- Daniel J., St. Paul, Minn.
Carefully constructed looks that borrow from another time are all the rage on the streets of St. Paul and Minneapolis. But with vintage and thrift clothing stores popping up on every corner, the vintage look of the Twin Cities almost can't be helped.
The Minnesota shutdown is over.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The 2011 NHL Draft came to a close Saturday afternoon, and when the last pick was made -- a Swedish goalie by the name of Johan Mattsson to Chicago -- all eyes turned to the next key date on the league calendar: July 1, free agency day.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- As it turns out, Philadelphia's pair of blockbuster trades Thursday was really only the beginning. While 30 teenagers saw their NHL dreams realized, drafted in the first round at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday, the draft floor activity pulsed throughout the night. Excluding the Flyers' deals that sent Mike Richards to Los Angeles and Jeff Carter to Columbus, the league saw five trades Friday, and three more in the works and likely to be finalized tomorrow.
Nick Lott's clothes hang neatly inside his closet. His room is tidy and his bed is sharply made. He says it's "a blessing" that he even has his own room to keep clean.
A state-subsidized home for alcoholics allows drinking. CNN's Chris Welch goes inside a so-called 'wet house.'
The chief executive of Aflac sat flanked by his top lieutenants, a bronze duck on his desk, as he broke the news.
Prices are going up all over Main Street.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- What, you think Cal Clutterbuck hasn't heard the variation on his last name, the one you really want to call him? You think you're the first person to have thought of it, or even more laughably, that it's going to hurt his feelings?
A massive snowstorm was the last thing cash-strapped cities needed to ring out 2010.
Much of the upper Midwest battled blizzard conditions Saturday, with a combination of heavy snow, fierce winds and subzero temperatures pummeling the region 10 days before the official start of winter.
While winter's start remains more than a month away, much of Minnesota and Wisconsin were under a winter storm warning Saturday, with some areas seeing almost a foot of snow.
Just out of the hospital and standing in a heavy downpour, former President Jimmy Carter was swinging a hammer Monday at a housing construction project in the nation's capital, helping to mark World Habitat Day.
It's 3 p.m. on a busy weekday afternoon at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul.
Protesters held rallies across the United States and abroad Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of what many called the "unfair" detention of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces near the Iraqi border.
Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.
Question: If I sell a mutual fund to write off the loss on my tax return, do I face any restrictions on reinvesting the money? -- Tom M., St. Paul, Minn.
Ah, the holidays. 'Tis the season to move into the relationship danger zone. We get so stressed out about buying the right presents, staying within our holiday budget, or trying to please impossible in-laws that the tension inevitably spills over into our love lives.
When you're on a college campus and you ask someone what they're studying, one answer you don't typically hear is "hip hop."
A Minnesota music college offers an education in hip hop. CNN's Chris Welch reports.
CNN's Chris Welch reports on homeless men who are making their own TV show in Minnesota.
Just a few years ago, Ron Kenebrew was in prison. When he got out, he moved from Arizona to Minnesota, but he soon wound up homeless.
Garrison Keillor, author and host of the live radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," is to be released Friday from a hospital where he was undergoing tests after suffering a minor stroke, his spokesman said.
Lost amidst the buzz of the recent Jay Cutler-to-Chicago trade is the lack of an experienced starter at a critical position for the other top contending team in the NFC North. Yes, I am talking about the Minnesota Vikings but no, I am not focusing on the quarterback position like everyone else. The Vikings should be almost as concerned about their center as they are about the guy who will eventually take snaps from him.
At age 23 and fresh out of college, Eliot Kohan was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. He was told he had four months to live.
Tucked into the rolling hills of Hopkins, a suburb west of Minneapolis, the recently refurbished Oak Ridge Country Club looks much like a middle school: beige paneling, a limestone base, and energy-efficient windows. Along the main road to the club is a modest apartment complex with four signs advertising units for rent. Beyond Oak Ridge's modest doors, however, is a well-appointed interior that provides a gathering place for some of the wealthier families in the Twin Cities.
The tentacles of the story of Bernard Madoff, the investment manager who was arrested last week for allegedly defrauding investors out of billions of dollars, are reaching ever-deeper into the financial markets.
The fireworks over Denver and balloon drop in St. Paul are distant memories of the 2008 presidential conventions, but Harry Rubenstein and Larry Bird hope the handful of Democratic and Republican delegates who pledged to help preserve history keep their word.
A Smithsonian collection of memorabilia from past political conventions records the rich history of election campaigns.
"I will reach out my hand to anyone to help me get this country moving again," he vows
Police faced off with crowds of protesters outside the Republican National Convention, arresting 396 people after using tear gas and percussion grenades to turn them back.
Protesters march on the final day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Police arrested an estimated 200 anti-war protesters Thursday night after using tear gas and percussion grenades to disperse a crowd near the State Capitol, about a mile from the Republican National Convention.
Police attempt to control demonstrators in St. Paul using tear gas and pepper spray.
Authorities in Minnesota's Twin Cities have created "a climate of intense police intimidation," protesters at the Republican National Convention contend, but officials say they're merely preserving the peace.
After rubbing shoulders with Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Charlize Theron and Charles Barkley at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, New York Post celebrity gossip columnist Cindy Adams jetted off to "one of the dullest towns in America," according to her latest column, to sniff out politically-inclined celebs in St. Paul.
Police use pepper spray on protestors in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The gatherings are smaller than expected and the marches mostly peaceful, but breakaway radicals are causing trouble
This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It's not.
First Lady Laura Bush says everyone at the GOP convention in St. Paul is thinking of those along the Gulf Coast.
Television networks rapidly shifted focus and personnel away from the Republican national convention to Gulf Coast communities in the path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday
President Bush, Vice President Cheney and prominent governors decided on Sunday to skip the Republican National Convention
Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday.
When Democrats gather in Denver, Colorado, and Republicans in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, for their political conventions this summer, they'll be taking along with them a big gift from federal taxpayers.
With $100 million in federal taxpayer funds, the U.S. Secret Service has transformed the two cities playing host to the national political conventions into high-tech fortresses.
The Denver Sheriff's Department has set up a temporary jail for the Democratic convention. KUSA's Kyle Clark reports.
Kept away from the action in 2004, protesters have taken their cases to federal courts in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., in hopes that their efforts might hit their intended targets
Sen. Barack Obama spoke Tuesday to a rally at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota:
ST. PAUL, Minn. --The ladies competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships was billed as a "battle of the ages," but the so-called battle turned into a rout. The kids blew the oldsters away, and the 13,000 fans in St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center couldn't have been happier to witness the evolution.
Windowless corridors, drab paint and crowded rooms have typified hospitals for more than a century - and the effect can be downright depressing.
When it comes to colds, flu, stomach bugs, and ear infections, everyone has a theory. Some have been passed down through generations, or are based on outdated science. A few just seem like common sense. But whatever their origin, many just aren't true. The facts behind these myths:
We've reached the balmy days of August, but for a growing number of workers chained to their jobs, it might as well be January.
So how has the Israeli stock market held up in all this mess? Not so bad actually. Was down 4 percent initially after the shooting started, but since has made up half of the drop. Since then it's been flat. War/terror as usual....
So now both the stock market and the bond market (with a briefly inverted yield curve) are pointing to the economy hitting the skids. I say maybe. Hey, we are in an anything goes time if you ask me.
If you were in high school when Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was at the top of the charts, chances are you spent your day moving from one 45-minute class to another, with a different subject each period.
Three teenagers died Tuesday after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes when they were exploring a cave on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota, police said.
These are the two main contenders to be the new Greek Prime Minister in elections Sunday:
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