A new welfare reform policy gives recipients an offer they can't refuse, keynote speaker Dr. LaDonna Pavetti told a crowd of more than 100 welfare recipients, business leaders and community activists Friday...

Multiculturalism is a way to relieve us of responsibility because by being "pro," we don't have to actively do anything to remedy the situation. You could say that, as a society, we've become more aware...

On the road for the first time during the Big Ten season, a split for the No. 22 Gophers volleyball team was marred by a no-show loss to No. 6 Wisconsin. Minnesota slipped by Iowa 3-2 Friday, but the team's...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Indians swear they won't be afraid. They've been to New York, seen the sights, even won a few games on baseball's holiest and most hostile grounds. Cleveland visited the Bronx this...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Some of the resolutions to be considered this week by the Minnesota Medical Association sound like a doctor's dream come true. Patients could sue managed health care organizations....

Jim Schortemeyer The Minnesota women's soccer team kept its hopes for a repeat Big Ten Championship alive by pulling out two wins in the state of Michigan this weekend. The Gophers (7-3 overall, 3-2 in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- At a shelter in Puerto Rico last week, Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of a $39 million dollar U.S. grant to rebuild hurricane-ravaged homes. But two weeks after Hurricane Georges...

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Sharply opposed to NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia, Russia sent its foreign and defense ministers Sunday to call on President Slobodan Milosevic, whose generals were preparing...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --Eddie DeBartolo Jr.'s greyhounds have been blessed. The exiled San Francisco 49ers owner was among dozens of pet owners who had their animals' given blessings at a church ceremony...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Facing an uncertain economic future, Brazilians stuck with the incumbent for the first time in their history Sunday and re-elected Fernando Henrique Cardoso as president,...