By MARY LYNN SMITH, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Not since Adam and Eve has an apple caused such a furor.

More than a dozen apple growers have filed a lawsuit in Hennepin County District Court in Minnesota over an exclusive licensing agreement that the University of Minnesota and Pepin Heights Orchard have struck over what's being touted as the latest and greatest apple to hit the market -- the SweeTango.

The police auction of a souped-up motorized recliner, confiscated because the owner was drunk, is back on track, now that the La-Z-Boy company's concerns have been satisfied.

Janice Goodger was ice-cold, and her heart was no longer beating.
The 64-year-old Duluth, Minn. woman had been lying unconscious and hypothermic on an icy driveway in below-freezing cold for at least four hours before her horrified daughter found her.

A Minnesota coffee shop thief ran with the money, but Mark Laliberte ran faster.