Editor's note: This is the first of five stories profiling the nine candidates for governor. Tuesday's story will look at Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III. As a prominent social activist at Hofstra University...

The sexual assault case against University medical student and former Boy Scout troop supervisor Alan Michael Scott is scheduled to begin today in Hennepin County District Court. Edina police arrested...

OFRA, West Bank (AP) -- Jewish settlers demonstrated across the West Bank on Sunday, vowing to scuttle a new Mideast peace deal that gives more land to Palestinians. The protests came hours before Prime...

TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. (AP) -- Public hearings begin this week on a proposed high-voltage power line that would transmit electricity from Minnesota across the scenic St. Croix River to Wisconsin. Northern...

University faculty, staff and students got a taste of history Friday morning as the University's founding father John Sargent Pillsbury rode up the sidewalk of Northrop Mall in a horse-drawn carriage. Pillsbury,...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) -- The elements were all there for a Minnesota upset. The Vikings were on the road against a hot rookie quarterback and a pumped-up Detroit team. But Randall Cunningham wouldn't let...

Members of the University community lined University Avenue on Saturday to show school spirit and support the 110-plus community organizations in the annual Homecoming parade. University Avenue was closed...

With the Gophers football team's dramatic Homecoming win over Michigan State, Minnesota coach Glen Mason erased three problematic streaks -- and warned of another. The Gophers (4-3, 1-3 in the Big Ten)...

The College of Biological Sciences will increase undergraduate admission standards next year due to a more than 29 percent increase in enrollment this year. This will make its undergraduate admission standards...

In a mere 30 seconds on Saturday, the Gophers men's hockey team went from elation to devastation. A spirited third-period comeback appeared to give Minnesota a much-needed shot of momentum and a shot at...