Halfway around the world, G. Edward Schuh received a fax telling him he won the University's highest faculty honor. The correspondence came from University President Mark Yudof, who was congratulating...

When House members approved a higher education bill last week, they signed off many students from a chance to learn. Before amendments to the Higher Education Act pass through the Senate and President...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- An arbitrator on Tuesday reinstated Regina Flores as Miss Colorado, giving her back the crown she lost in a bitter dispute with pageant officials and awarding her $78,000...

Net: We begin today with an entry ... FROM OUR COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT From Hint! Hint!: After reading the squirrel entry today, I realized how much I hate them and how stupid they really are. Who are these...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Stock prices in South Korea plunged to their lowest level of the year Tuesday, with the key index dipping below 350 points for the first time in 11 years before recovering slightly. Sentiment...

For the second year in a row, a top major league prospect will be playing for a team in the Twin Cities. And he won't be performing under a shroud of Teflon. J.D. Drew, the second overall pick in baseball's...

MIAMI (AP) -- More than 150 Haitians jumped from a freighter into the Miami River and swam ashore Tuesday, then were chased around riverfront businesses by U.S. immigration agents and police. It was not...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Japan and more than a dozen European countries are likely to lose population in coming decades even while global growth accelerates, population experts say. The chief reason: Many young...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Two calculator-wielding gubernatorial candidates criticized state Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III, saying Tuesday the settlement he negotiated with the tobacco industry doesn't add...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- President Suharto's security forces finally made brutal reality Tuesday out of his threats to crush growing unrest, firing into a crowd of student protesters in Jakarta. Six...