TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The federal government will have to handle and pay for any future mass migrations to Florida under an agreement signed Monday by Gov. Lawton Chiles. The deal is the first between...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cynthia Cooper is eyeing a third WNBA title next summer. Michelle Kwan is dreaming of an Olympic gold medal in 2002. Both those goals will take time. But on Monday, the basketball player...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesotans hunt and fish less than they used to partly because they are too busy, a new poll says. By a 4-1 ratio, Minnesotans say they hunt less often now than they did when they...

It's a cliche that might be overused but is still appropriate for describing the banner crop of freshman defensemen on the Gophers men's hockey team: bigger, stronger, faster. Three Gophers are living...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers struggled to win last-minute changes in a huge $500 billion spending measure or to find out precisely what was in it as Congress prepared for its likely passage Tuesday. White...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal won't get his overdue $15 million. Patrick Ewing won't get the first chunk of his $18.5 million. They and 224 other players won't be paid anytime soon because an arbitrator...

What began as an idea for a course on the challenges of recruiting and retaining faculty of color has ballooned into a three-day conference attracting more than 300 faculty from 36 states. Associate professor...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department has raised concerns about Northwest Airlines' plan to buy a controlling stake in Continental Airlines and may go to court to block the alliance, sources said Monday. Justice...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Prosecutors appear to be closing in on former Gov. Edwin Edwards, the wily Cajun who once boasted, "The rules that apply to ordinary people do not fit me." Piece by piece, damaging...

MOSCOW (AP) -- President Boris Yeltsin obeyed doctors' orders to stay home and nurse his cold Monday, canceling meetings with senior officials and talking to others by phone. A Communist lawmaker, meanwhile,...