TOKYO (AP) -- A heat wave claimed three more lives Sunday in Japan, raising the death toll for three days of oppressive summer temperatures to seven, a national news agency reported. Two men, aged 85 and...

Janet Cooke, a young Washington Post reporter, wrote a story in 1981 that rocked D.C. "Jimmy's World," the tale of an 8-year-old heroin addict, won the Pulitzer Prize and caused an uproar among those concerned...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- School-to-work programs are gaining momentum in Minnesota and across the country as a way to let middle school and high school students dabble in different careers and tailor their education. The...

With a chain saw clipped to his climbing belt, University gardener Joe McIntosh swings from limb to limb of damaged trees, cutting them down one branch at a time. Early summer storms ravaged Twin Cities...

B. Todd Jones has come a long way since his days of reading at the University Law Library and shopping at the North Country Co-Op. A 1983 graduate of the University's Law School, Jones received the thumbs-up...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Gunmen fired a barrage of bullets inside a Vietnamese restaurant early Sunday, killing four people and wounding six others in an attack police say had the hallmarks of a gang hit. About...

With only a few private homeowners left, the owner-occupied housing of the Motley neighborhood is making room -- many rooms, in fact -- for larger, apartment-style campus housing. This trend continues...

The University's School of Music in Ferguson Hall leaves much to be desired in the way of a well-rounded and current music curriculum. Popular music, as well as the entire music industry, is completely...

MISCELLANEOUS RANTS From Mr. Hyde: Greetings ye enlightened minions of Network. Net: Hi. I thought I'd write in with some pointless, but well-articulated, comments. 1. There is a global conspiracy to make...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A strong earthquake briefly cut power Sunday to parts of the resort city of Acapulco, but there were no reports of injury or serious damage, officials said. The magnitude 5.2 temblor...