For a group of University and out-state undergraduates, spending the summer researching with professors provided a unique opportunity to prepare for graduate school and connect with faculty. As a culmination...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A second body of a Haitian was found near the Florida coast Tuesday just hours after a ship captain accused of smuggling illegal immigrants made his court appearance. Three...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Dismayed by a horrific death toll from drug overdoses, Vancouver authorities are nudging Canada steadily closer to breaking a North American taboo by supplying heroin...

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- One of the boys in the Jonesboro schoolyard massacre pleaded guilty and the other was convicted Tuesday, bringing a swift end to the deadliest in a string of school shootings that...

LONDON (AP) -- British Petroleum PLC plans to cut 6,000 jobs, mostly in the United States, as part of its $48 billion purchase of Amoco Corp. -- the biggest foreign takeover of an American company, the...

NOMOREMR./MS. NICEPEOPLE Net: Here's our choice among Minnesota Nice letters to print for today. We find it lucid, insightful, and even-handed. Enjoy. From Lierbag: I must begin by praising your column....

A 48-year-old man with a history of committing crime on campus strolled uninvited into two campus fraternities Thursday and stole a wallet from one. Minneapolis police arrested Patrick Domarus for walking...

In a case similar to the University's student services fees lawsuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison cannot be forced...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The gap between rising minority enrollment and an overwhelmingly white teaching force -- recognized for some time in city schools -- is now becoming more apparent in the suburbs. Even...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Watching Peyton Manning and Jon Kitna, it was hard to tell who was the No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. All Archie Manning's tutoring and that extra year at Tennessee couldn't get Peyton...