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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Too much tabloid sex causes mass blindness

Published August 19, 1998

It is clear: This country has gone blind from too much sex. President Bill Clinton has finally testified before both a grand jury and the nation on his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. However, the news...

Record number of ACT testers raise averages

Published August 19, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scores on the ACT held steady in 1998 despite a record number of high school students taking the college entrance examination. It was the ninth straight year that the national average...

Preseason spirits soaring, but questions aplenty for U

by Murali Balaji
Published August 19, 1998

Never mind the dropped passes. Forget the fumbles. If there is one thing that can be said about this year's Gophers football team, it's that optimism still reigns. During Friday's media day, posters and...

Asian nuclear race generates global concern

by Jake Kapsner
Published August 19, 1998

In the wake of India and Pakistan's underground nuclear tests in May, world leaders and citizens are concerned the nations have fueled an old rivalry and strained attempts to contain the spread of nuclear...

Thailand, Chile grant final approval for import of Viagra

Published August 19, 1998

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thailand, where Viagra was drawing sky-high prices on the black market, has approved the import of the impotency drug, officials said Tuesday. Chile also approved the import and...

Study says laws limiting teenage

by David Hyland
Published August 19, 1998

While the percentage of teenagers experimenting with cigarettes has increased, a University researcher has found that laws designed to impede teen smoking seem to be working. A recent survey of Minnesota...

Report: Third of school districts didn’t report weapons incidents

Published August 19, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) -- For the third year in a row, more than a third of Minnesota's public school districts failed to report dangerous weapons incidents to the state as required by law. Some districts may not...

Police find cash,

by Sarah McKenzie
Published August 19, 1998

University Police seized more than five ounces of marijuana and $1,195 in cash from a 19-year-old man's car in Dinkytown on Saturday night. Detective John Henke of University Police filed a criminal complaint...

Clymer to take NHL plunge

by Aaron Kirscht
Published August 19, 1998

Gophers defenseman Ben Clymer, who would have entered this season as one of college hockey's top players at his position, informed the Minnesota coaching staff last week that he would forego his remaining...

As funerals begin, ‘Real IRA’ claims responsibility for bomb

Published August 19, 1998

OMAGH, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The "Real IRA," a splinter group opposed to Northern Ireland's peace accord, admitted Tuesday that it carried out the bombing that killed 28 people and injured 220. It apologized...

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