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...

The number of minority professors at the University is increasing, yet some departments lag far behind -- specifically, the Institute of Technology. Only 15 percent of the college's 388 professors are...

Fresno State has been in the news quite a bit this year, thanks in large part to a bizarre samurai sword assault perpetrated by some members of its men's basketball team. But Fresno State is getting some...

Women's participation in sports is at an all-time high, comprising between 35 and 38 percent of all athletic involvement. A record 27 games of the NCAA women's basketball tournament were shown on television...

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- The chief executive of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota met with his employees Monday to celebrate the health plan's $469 million share of a $6.6 billion settlement with the...

As a medical technician at St. Joseph's Hospital in the 1950s, Sister Roland Davey sterilized and sharpened her own needles. Davey recalls mixing chemical solutions without gloves or protective gear....

covered in the wreckage of a plane that crashed and killed 74 people in Peru is undergoing U.S. analysis, the results of which should be known 10 days, officials said Monday. Investigators are trying to...

Net: Today we present, in the inspiring words of former President Warren G. Harding ... A RETURN TO NORMALCY ... after our blistering debates. And what could be more normal to Network discourse than ...SQUIRRELS!!!!!!!!!!!!! ......

APPLETON, Wis. (U-WIRE) -- May 3 marked the eighth annual observation of World Press Freedom Day, a heartfelt tribute to persecuted journalists around the world. The solemn irony of such an event is that...

Gophers first baseman Robb Quinlan deserved more than Big Ten Player of the Week for his efforts this past week. And Quinlan, who won Big Ten honors two weeks ago, got the extra recognition on Monday,...