NEW ULM (AP) -- Five musicians were inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame over the weekend. Michael Barone, Der Cammack, Jules Herman, the late Ivan Kalhe and Billy Steiner were honored Saturday at the museum located in this south-central...

...political system has deep cultural roots. In his just-published volume, "The New Americans," journalist-author Michael Barone argues that the current immigrants from Mexico, Central and South America, like the Italian immigrants 100 years...

...organs have at least two keyboards and the new electronic organ, a Baldwin C-480, has four manuals with 72 stops. Michael Barone, host and producer of the "Pipedreams" music program on Minnesota Public Radio, says the Vogelpohl is typical...

...48-by-24-foot concrete chamber where the pipes are stored. "There's no instrument exactly like it in Minnesota," said Michael Barone, host and producer of the Minnesota Public Radio talk show about organs, "Pipedreams." "It is the fourth-largest...

...districts, mostly inner-city, poor, minorities." In the 2,000-page almanac, published every two years, author Michael Barone profiles sitting governors and members of Congress and analyzes the people, voting history and other aspects of each...

...what happens in future elections. And on that score Republicans have grounds for continued optimism. Who says so? Michael Barone, who for decades has been one of America's keenest political analysts. Every two years since 1972, Barone has...