MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- State lawmakers and other abortion opponents are protesting a decision by the Minnesota Department of Health granting special status to Planned Parenthood of Minnesota-South Dakota. The...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Seeking to ease fears of a nuclear confrontation, top officials from India and Pakistan -- the world's newest nuclear states -- will meet Thursday to discuss safeguards. At...

About 150 University administrators, staff and faculty members gathered at the St. Paul Student Center's Northstar Ballroom on Wednesday to bid a fond farewell and extend best wishes to Mike Martin. Martin...

ATLANTA (AP) -- The New York Yankees and San Diego Padres have played each other only once, and that was just a rain-shortened exhibition this spring that ended in a tie. Still, there are plenty of intriguing...

In honor of Bulworth, the best movie of the year, I'm going to change my column, please try not to jeer. By next week I'll be done with this rhyming urge, but first I have some politics I need to purge. In...

(AP) -- Bradley Farmer is a bit of a puzzle. The 15-year-old makes a hole-in-one yet shows no more emotion than a smile. The explanation? Been there, done that. Six times in 41 days. "It's been pretty...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's reclusive Taliban leader attempted to defuse tensions with neighboring Iran on Wednesday by promising to release all Iranian nationals still detained in the country. Mullah...

Most people do not consider the health care industry to be a cause of pollution, especially toxins which contribute to illness. However, the Environmental Protection Agency has identified the incineration...

The Gophers' offensive line has been one of the main areas of scrutiny this season, giving up almost five sacks per game thus far. The problem is not so much a lack of talent as it is a lack of experience...

They don't carry membership cards or walk around in groups together, but the collection of 32 freshmen in Bailey Hall do share one binding feature: good grades. The students are all part of a new organization...