One of the three major awards recognizing American authors of short fiction was bestowed upon University Regents' Professor Patricia Hampl. Hampl's short story, "The Bill Collector's Vacation," became...

The result of months of searching through high schools and colleges across the nation will come to light starting today. Major League teams are trusting their scouts have found a treasure -- the most...

Courtside seats at Williams Arena will be available for auction for the fifth straight year, the Gophers men's athletics department announced. The seats, located directly behind the scorer's table at courtside,...

Flying white discs and words of love and peace shared the Northrop Mall air Monday as students took in a game of Frisbee and some spiritual advice. In the second annual Preach-off and Frisbee Toss, the...

ROME (AP) -- Nearly 5 million people could starve in northeast Brazil if the nation's worst drought in 15 years continues through December as forecast, a U.N. agency reported Monday. The region is a virtual...

While most cases filed against Cedar Towing revolve around the towing itself, University graduate student Jihad Haytham has a different complaint. He claims a driver assaulted him earlier this year after...

ATHENS, Ohio (U-WIRE) -- I hate the word "post-feminism." Just what does it mean anyway? Apparently, someone forgot to send me the memo pronouncing feminism dead. In the 1960s and 1970s, women were roaring....

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) -- As jurors announced a guilty verdict Monday in a kidnapping trial, the defendant pulled a knife and attacked two deputies before a third officer shot him to death in the courtroom. "The...

SPENCER, S.D. (AP) -- This could be the end of the line for Spencer, founded as a stop on the railroad in 1887. A tornado nearly wiped the town off the map Saturday, and many of its 320 residents said...

Dr. John Day found the scenario perplexing. A Minnesota family visiting the University's Muscular Dystrophy Clinic had all the symptoms of the disorder, but existing genetic tests yielded negative results. None...