Romney supporters are trying to lower expectations, while Obama forces say the front-runner needs an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's non-binding straw poll.
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Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can't clean up fragments of superbugs — bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics — and until now, almost no one has noticed.

Corrie looks at ethnic communities "as entrepreneurs, as workers, as human capital, with a potential as consumers, as creators of trade networks and ambassadors to the world."

The new study examines the business models for seven locally based nonprofits, including MinnPost.

Author John R. Schmidt, a foreign policy expert, fears it could become the world's first nuclear-armed jihadist state.

"Our hope is to at least get people talking about war," said Camille Gage, an artist and co-founder of an organization called 10 Years and Counting.

KABUL, Afghanistan — "What goes through an insurgent's mind as he waits to die?" I wondered as I stood inside the building where militants met their death after attacking the U.S. Embassy here.

In his speech in Minneapolis, the Fed chairman assumes the "too-big-to-fail" problem has been solved. It hasn't — and may even be worse.
Community Voices: Despite Bernanke's hopes, the path he suggests is just not in the cards

If the Democratic National Committee were seeking either energy or ideas, it probably couldn't have done better than choosing the Minneapolis mayor for a key strategic post.

The president should announce a two-part strategy: increased current borrowing combined with long-run deficit reduction. That's not a contradiction, and here's why.