ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's foreign minister urged the United Nations on Sunday to quickly mediate the dispute over Kashmir or risk a fourth war between Pakistan and India, the world's newest...

Information Age consumers face a bombardment of data to aid in making informed decisions, especially in the supermarket. But ethicists say consumers need even more information besides fat content and...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- New members of the Vatican's Swiss Guards swore their allegiance to Pope John Paul II on Sunday in an austere ceremony that recalled the recent slaying of the guard's commander. Raising...

President Clinton's war on drugs -- like every president's before him since the war began -- has failed, and will continue to fail. Any war on drugs will be won by those who simply choose not to use them....

Crusading for awareness of African culture years ago in his plant biology class, University alumnus Diaa Osman suggested African civilizations classified plants long before the Swedish scientist was credited...

After serving eight years on the highest court in the state, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Sandra Gardebring resigned Friday to take a job at the University. University President Mark Yudof appointed...

Net: Today, for your enjoyment, we offer you the forwarded list of ...REJECTED DR. SEUSS BOOKS 1. The Cat in the Blender 2. Herbert the Pervert Likes Sherbert 3. Fox in Detox 4. Who Shat in the Hat? 5....

LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Voter turnout appeared too low to validate a Portuguese referendum Sunday on whether to permit abortion on demand, a deeply divisive topic in this mostly Roman Catholic nation. An...

As a spectator at the first Family Advocate Network System race in 1989, Harvey Sweetland Lewis III looked on with disbelief as runners circled Lake Harriet from dawn to dusk and then dawn again. "I couldn't...

Roars of victory and defeat punctuated kazoo fanfare wafting out of Diehl Plaza Thursday afternoon at the 12th annual Turtle Derby. Throughout the day, more than 300 people packed the balloon-festooned...