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...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two direct broadcast satellite companies -- one owned by big cable companies, the other by Rupert Murdoch -- have abandoned plans to merge, the Justice Department said Wednesday The...

Among the usual grease-stained pizza boxes, soup cans and splatterings of week-old leftovers, local sanitation workers might find items in the garbage this week that could confuse the definition of trash. The...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) -- An Egyptian charged in the Aug. 7 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania has provided investigators with a lot of information but has been less than forthcoming about...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission ordered Toys 'R Us Wednesday to stop coercing toy manufacturers to restrict the toys they sell to its competitors. The order is effective in 60 days, but...

The celebration of the "discovery" of the New World by a Portuguese sailor is indeed an ambiguous affair. While Christopher Columbus might not have been the first to arrive in the Americas, he was certainly...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's fledgling aquaculture industry must expand beyond tilapia if it's going to become a viable enterprise, a North Dakota State University researcher says. "I'm suspecting...

Civil service workers and student employees at the University will soon be paid through a revised salary structure designed to reward high-quality work with higher rates. New policies adopted this summer...

What's in a name? At the University, months of planning and the aspirations of more than 300 medical faculty members who now constitute the University of Minnesota Physicians. Following the kick-off of...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The state Supreme Court will consider for the third time the case of sexual predator Dennis Linehan on Wednesday. The U.S. Supreme Court returned the case after ruling on a similar Kansas...