Adam Bright of Syracuse, N.Y., won the 20th annual Great American Think-Off Saturday night held annually in New York Mills, Minn. He outlasted three other semifinalists, including Marsh Muirhead of Bemidji, last year's winner. This year's featured question: “The Nature of Humankind: Inherently Good or Inherently Evil?”

Robbinsdale school officials are investigating a gun found on a roadway that was handled by a seventh grade student. Around 8 a.m. Thursday, a school bus driver for the Robbinsdale School District noticed something on the side of the road and asked a middle school student to get off the bus and see what it was.

A girls' basketball coach is accused of firing a gun at a player's dad outside the YWCA on Lake Street. The Star Tribune reports the two were fighting and shoving when the coach drove off and returned with a gun.

Oakdale Junior High School was locked down earlier Wednesday morning as police searched the area for a theft suspect. The man, who police believe may be armed, is still at large.

The New York Times visits a specialized "firearms studio" in New Hope, Minn., where for $325, participants can get two hours of Navy SEAL training and the chance to re-enact the military raid on the terrorist mastermind’s three-story compound last year in Pakistan.