Michael Dougherty With a history of high-scoring duals, the 3-0 Gophers head to West Lafayette, Ind., for Saturday's Big Ten opener against Purdue hoping to knock off the Boilermakers. Purdue won last...

GENEVA (AP) -- The ozone hole over Antarctica grew to its largest size ever in September, covering an area two times the size of Europe, the World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. Scientists...

Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III's running mate delved into the college lifestyle with pizza and pop before revealing his plans to keep college costs down to a group of University students Thursday night. Roger...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks plunged again Thursday as global economic fears reached a new fever pitch, slicing more than 200 points off the Dow industrials for a second straight day and pushing Wall Street...

Anyone who's ever had a bad day can relate. When the end mercifully comes, you flop down on the bed, grab your favorite stuffed animal and nod off for a few hours. When you wake up, you feel refreshed...

The University men's athletics department announced Thursday that a limited number of Gophers hockey rush tickets will be made available the night of each hockey game. Tickets will go on sale at the 10-minute...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Darryl Strawberry, who overcame a drug problem and a shattered career to find success and happiness with the New York Yankees, was diagnosed Thursday with a cancerous tumor in...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton administration's proposed farm bailout favors Minnesota and three other Corn Belt states, which stand to get more than $2 billion of the $7.5 billion in aid, according to...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A rare sand dune prairie overlooking the Mississippi River in Cottage Grove will be protected as a nature preserve under a settlement announced Thursday with Ashland Inc. and federal and...

A legacy of suspicion and abuse will not end with one apology, Dr. Vanessa Gamble told a crowd of 150 people at Coffman Union on Thursday evening. As director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity...