US retail sales cool after Spring spree

Retail sales rose in April at the slowest pace of the year as Americans took a break from a shopping spree induced by unseasonably warm weather in prior months and an earlier Easter holiday.

Fieldwork delay not expected to hinder overall crop progress

Spring planting efforts were delayed almost a week after continued rain showers forced area farmers from fields throughout Pipestone County. For Tony Dunn and his dad, Tom, the stoppage of corn planting happened midfield.

Spring Sing 2011 Company music video comes alive as Club B-Cafe makes real-life debut

Students dance around a DJ station set up in front of Bruin Cafe as part of the “Club B-Cafe” event Friday night after Spring Sing. The event was based on a music video created for Spring Sing 2011.

Vail: Skier visits down 24 percent at Northstar, Heavenly

A snowboarder hucks through some fresh powder on March 1 at Northstar California, after one of the 2011-12 season's few storms.

Lacey's students 'relay' for former classmate

Even as the Marshall North Relay for Life was about to begin Friday, the faculty and staff at Lacey's Spring School were planning a relay of their own - this one for a fifth grader who died from brain cancer.