Transgender activists around the country had been tracking the case of CeCe McDonald, saying she was defending herself from a hate crime when she stabbed a Richfield man to death with a pair of scissors. By pleading guilty to manslaughter, McDonald is expected to be sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.

Jessica Mooney of Minneapolis, better known as "Dressy Jessie" on Facebook, will appear on NBC's Today Show next week. Every weekday for the last three years, Mooney posted a photo of herself made up in a different costume. So far, there are over 700 photos and counting.

Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, who is transitioning from a man to a woman, admitted that an inner rage brewed long before an exchange of words that ended with the deadly stabbing of Dean Schmitz outside a bar in south Minneapolis last year. But McDonald, who was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison, said responsibility for what happened was mutual.

A Rochester woman on trial for allegedly funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia is now under arrest for refusing to stand at her trial. Her attorney told the judge, "she does not rise for persons when she does not rise for the prophet."

Marilyn Hagerty's review of the new Grand Forks Olive Garden is a hit on food web sites and social media. Her newspaper account of a meal at the chain is described as "earnest," "pleasant," and "refreshing." Some readers wondered if it was a schtick from the Onion. Hagerty herself is a little mystified by all the attention.