A business school professor points to the fallout Target suffered with gay-rights supporters after donating to Republican Tom Emmer's campaign. But Emmer says he's a victim of "political bigotry" and says higher education is biased against people with conservative views.

A former client claimed Emmer -- who ran a law firm while serving in the state Legislature -- put up a shoddy defense for him in a civil case that cost him his the license for his roofing company.

An American Crystal Sugar Co. executive says the company’s replacement workers are handling this fall’s sugar beet harvest well, nearly 14 months after the company locked out its union workers in a contract dispute. Meanwhile, the company and workers are arguing in court over whether the employees should get unemployment benefits.

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the U's Carlson School of Management as the top school for job placement. The magazine says 97 percent of Carlson's MBA graduates had job offers within three months of graduation.