Mauer power: Twins catcher goes deep in season debut, sparking 7-5 victory over Royals

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Mauer sure gave the Minnesota Twins a spark, and Justin Morneau kept it going.

Twins activate Joe Mauer of disabled list; send reliever Morillo to minors

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer has been activated from the disabled list after missing the first month of the season with a back injury.

Blackburn goes 7 strong for the Twins, Kazmir stumbles through 4 in Rays’ 8-3 loss

MINNEAPOLIS — Nick Blackburn breezed through seven innings, and the Minnesota Twins roughed up Scott Kazmir from the start in an 8-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.

Jokester Redmond: MRI exam reveals ‘Bud Light long neck’ in his shoulder

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins catcher Mike Redmond had an MRI exam on his sore right shoulder on Wednesday. The findings may come as a surprise to a lot of people, but not to Redmond.

He’s safe! Morneau hustles to first to beat out double play and give Twins 4-3 win over Rays

MINNEAPOLIS — Justin Morneau’s night started with a jog around the bases and ended with a sprint down the line.

Frontier Airlines reports $161M 4Q loss on bankruptcy items, but posts operating profit

MINNEAPOLIS — Bankruptcy expenses drove Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. to a fourth-quarter loss of almost $161 million, but it reported an operating profit as it continues to look for an investor to take it out of Chapter 11.

Frontier Airlines reports $161M 4Q loss on bankruptcy items, but had an operating profit

MINNEAPOLIS — Bankruptcy expenses drove Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. to a fourth-quarter loss of almost $161 million, but it reported an operating profit.

Helloooo Niemann: Rays righty allows 3 hits in Tampa Bay’s 7-1 win over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — Jeff Niemann kept the Minnesota Twins guessing into the sixth inning and Carlos Pena hit his majors-leading ninth home run, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-1 victory Monday night.

Minn. mulls cremation for poor who die alone; some worry about mistakes that can’t be undone

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The slender figure of Guy Finch, zipped up in a body bag after the 83-year-old died alone in his Minneapolis apartment, was brought to funeral director Todd Maisch one Saturday last month.

Star Tribune, Newspaper Guild reach tentative contract agreement with cuts

MINNEAPOLIS — A tentative three-year contract agreement has been reached between the Star Tribune and the union representing nearly 275 newsroom workers.

US Airways, Alaska Air Group report 1Q losses, while JetBlue posts a profit; more fees coming

MINNEAPOLIS — First-quarter airline results are in and it’s nearly all red ink with JetBlue and AirTran the notable exceptions.

US Airways 1Q loss shrinks; adds fee for checking bags at airport instead of online

MINNEAPOLIS — US Airways said its first-quarter loss shrank, and executives are beginning to hope things have stopped getting worse.

US Airways 1Q loss shrinks with help from improving fuel hedges

MINNEAPOLIS — US Airways said its first-quarter loss shrank as some of its old fuel hedging contracts turned positive.

Supervalu loses $201M in 4th-quarter on charges, but adj. results beat analysts’ estimates

MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu Inc., one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, says it lost $201 million in its fiscal fourth-quarter mostly because of hefty goodwill and asset impairment charges. Adjusted results managed to top analysts’ estimates.

Guthrie Theater delays premiere of new Tony Kushner play by a week

MINNEAPOLIS — The Guthrie Theater is delaying its world premiere of a new Tony Kushner play by a week.

Craigslist CEO says those who use site to commit crimes ‘virtually guaranteeing’ their arrests

MINNEAPOLIS — The chief executive of Craigslist has a message for people who try to use the popular Internet advertising site to commit crimes: You’re going to get caught.

With airline booking fees on vacation, travelers might want to revisit online travel sites

MINNEAPOLIS — Airline booking fees charged by Travelocity, Orbitz and Expedia are on vacation through May. That’s giving travelers who had avoided those sites a reason to reconsider.

United Airlines parent UAL reports $382 million 1Q loss as premium traffic declines

MINNEAPOLIS — United Airlines said Tuesday it lost $382 million during the first quarter as it raced passengers to see who could pull back faster on flying. Passengers won, though United has been aggressively cutting costs to try to keep up.