Dozens tried out Saturday in Minneapolis for a chance to be in an upcoming Tom Hanks movie. Casting agents were looking for African-born people for Hanks' film about a U.S. captain's encounter with Somali pirates.

Lifetime Fitness is sponsoring a triathlon at Lake Nokomis on Saturday, and one Twin Cities family will have three generations participating in it – six family members ages 13 to 70.

Kasey and Kati Stewart of Afton have traveled across North America competing in rodeos. This weekend they'll get to take part in one at home. They'll compete in the barrel racing at the World's Toughest Rodeo in St. Paul.

A lawyer for Ahmed Hussein Mahamud says a plea agreement is in the works. Mahamud is among 20 people who have been charged with helping the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab.

While a discrimination case against a Le Center food manufacturing plant is just getting started, another state agency is trying to determine whether the estimated 40 Somali workers who claim discrimination led to their departure from the business are eligible for unemployment benefits.

A Somali restaurateur is showing support for the Sikh community following the recent, deadly shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Abdirahman Ahmed, a Muslim, has invited Sikh leaders to a private dinner Wednesday at his Safari Restaurant. Ahmed said the dinner is to show "solidarity and condolences," and added, "Any crime against any person is a crime against all of us."

"Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship" features a collection of artifacts that divers recovered from an authentic pirate ship that sank in a storm in 1717.

Taped phone calls are prosecutors' key evidence in the trial of two Minnesota women accused of funneling money to a Somali terrorist group. Some Somalis say use of the wire taps has set back efforts to build trust between government authorities and the community.