ST. PAUL (AP) -- School lunches aren't what they used to be -- well, at least there are more choices. In South St. Paul, most students lined up for barbecued rib sandwiches, burgers and fries or Papa John's...

(AP) -- There was no letdown for the Minnesota Vikings, and that meant no chance for the Washington Redskins. After taking a bye week to bask in their big win at Green Bay, the unbeaten Vikings avoided...

Reflecting upon the Gophers home sweep of Northwestern on Friday and Indiana on Saturday, Minnesota coach Mike Hebert simply smiled. It was more than a smile of relief, although the 25th-ranked Gophers...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A train jumped its tracks at a northern Egyptian station Sunday and careened through people and kiosks on the platform, killing at least 30 people, the interior ministry said. Ninety-six...

Local media celebrity Robyne Robinson would like to see a change in peoples' attitudes. "During the past 10 to 20 years, we have cut ourselves off as who we are, and we have become detached from the community,"...

The discovery of an unexpected amount of medical waste dumped on a University landfill during the 1950s and 1960s in Shoreview will cause the Board of Regents to consider approving $400,000 more for cleanup...

The Minnesota Library Access Center will bring together 10 archive collections, three of which will be combined, making eight areas of interest in the facility. While the literary manuscript collection,...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A pipeline explosion apparently sparked by thieves siphoning off oil led to an inferno that killed at least 250 people, destroyed villages and charred surrounding cropland. The fire...

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA, who was a driving force behind the much-criticized Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, recently introduced the seemingly favorable legislation that would create the National...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If anything can be learned from the Gophers' 45-15 loss to Ohio State Saturday, it's that overwhelming talent at every position wins football games. The No. 1-ranked Buckeyes, by their...