Already victim to urban sprawl and commercial exploitation, the Blanding's Turtle faces an intensified population decline unless scientists find a way to intervene. A two-day conference Thursday and Friday,...

Editor's note: About 50,000 students, staff, faculty members and visitors converge on the University's Twin Cities campus every day. In the midst of this sea of people, it's easy to think of the strangers...

Nearly nine months ago, Nicole Delaney flipped through her sketch book full of bridal gown designs and formulated a plan for her senior clothing design project. Yards of white silk and mountains of voluminous...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After dropping the first game of the Big Ten tournament to Sara Griffin and second-ranked Michigan, the Gophers softball team had to sit down and break bread with her and the Wolverines...

After Saturday's loss to Michigan, which eliminated the Gophers softball team from the Big Ten tournament, head coach Lisa Bernstein-O'Brien wanted only one thing. "I really want to believe that we're...

Eighty days of trial, 39 million documents and eight University professors later, the state, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the tobacco companies inked a $7 billion settlement Friday. Each...

An anti-land mine demonstration Thursday morning outside of Alliant Techsystems ended in the voluntary arrests of 57 protesters, three of whom are University students. The protest, part of an ongoing...

Billiard balls shot out of cannons and an imploding 55-gallon drum marked the collision of education and entertainment on stage Thursday. Physics Force, a six-member group whose demonstrations bring basic...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A Las Vegas-based World Wide Web site doesn't fall under the jurisdiction of Minnesota courts, a lawyer for Granite Gate Resorts Inc. argued to the state Supreme Court. "Wagernet...

Nkosinathi Biko was 6 years old when his father, civil rights leader Stephen Biko, died in 1977 from head wounds he received while detained and tortured for a week in a South African prison. Biko's 27-year-old...