Louvre exhibit on masterpieces at Mpls museum

MINNEAPOLIS — Works of art by Michelangelo and Vermeer are among 62 items from the Louvre in Paris now on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Kindred spirits: Vikings’ Favre, Ravens’ Lewis excelling as years go by

MINNEAPOLIS — When Brett Favre lines up under center on Sunday and locks eyes with Ray Lewis, it could be like looking into a mirror — sort of.

As Owl City, Minnesota’s Adam Young turns his popularity online into real-world music sales

MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Young had never seen the ocean with his own eyes, but that didn’t stop him from writing and recording an album called “Ocean Eyes.”

Stray Cat frontman Brian Setzer struts down ‘Lonely Avenue’ on new CD tribute to film noir

MINNEAPOLIS — Brian Setzer can’t keep his fingers still. When he talks about his new CD “Songs From Lonely Avenue,” he has to grab his bright orange Gretsch guitar and start firing off the edgy riffs that make up his film noir tribute.

Rouged, rough and ready: Women bring tough, feminine attitudes to resurgence of roller derby

ST. PAUL, Minn. — They wear lipstick, tattoos and roller skates and go by tough names like “Kim Jong Kill,” ”Shiv & Let Die” and “Mary Tyler Roar.” They race around in circles crashing into each other while the crowd cheers.

Garrison Keillor writes he’s ‘essentially unscathed’ but ‘touched by mortality’ after stroke

MINNEAPOLIS — Humorist and author Garrison Keillor writes that a minor stroke he suffered last week left him “essentially unscathed, though touched by mortality.”

“Prairie Home Companion” humorist Keillor released from Mayo Clinic after minor stroke

MINNEAPOLIS — Humorist Garrison Keillor has been released from Mayo Clinic’s Saint Marys Hospital after suffering a minor stroke earlier in the week.

Humorist Garrison Keillor hospitalized following minor stroke

MINNEAPOLIS — Humorist Garrison Keillor still plans to start his new season of “A Prairie Home Companion” as scheduled in just over two weeks, despite suffering a minor stroke.

Singer Brittani Senser keeps Minneapolis home base; good enough for Prince, her ex-Vikings dad

LOS ANGELES — Brittani Senser has deep roots in Minneapolis, where her father played for the Minnesota Vikings and where the singer grew up.

Correction: Music Downloading story

MINNEAPOLIS — In a July 6 story about a Minnesota woman seeking a reduction in damages for illegally sharing copyrighted music, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of the woman’s attorney. His name is Kiwi Camara, not Camera.

Recording industry wants Minn. woman barred from downloading and sharing music in future

MINNEAPOLIS — It’s been just a few weeks since a federal jury ruled in a music-downloading case that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million.

Alt-country pioneers the Jayhawks re-form with mid-’90s lineup, plan US show in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — While critics give the Jayhawks credit for helping invent alt-country, co-founder Mark Olson is quick to downplay the band’s contributions to the rustic blend of rock and country that blossomed in the 1980s and ’90s.

Switching to southpaw: Guitarist with neuromuscular disease gets second chance left-handed

MINNEAPOLIS — Guitarist Billy McLaughlin was at the top of his game a decade ago, a fingerstyle player noted for his technique of tapping on strings, when he began having problems controlling his left hand, missing notes with no clue why. Audiences thought he was drunk.