Historians looking back on the 20th century may well see it as the Era of Wonder Drugs, when medicine supplied an endless array of chemical compounds that made life better. Pills solve everything, it seems....

Susan McDougal just began serving a two-year sentence as a result of the first Whitewater trial. McDougal's refusal to comment about the newest evidence in a fraudulent loan probe led to two criminal contempt...

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on legislation banning racial preferences on college campuses -- the latest splash in a national wave against affirmative action. If approved, the amendment...

The attendance count of 597 fans at Siebert Field on was not the only thing that made Tuesday night's match-up resemble a Big Ten contest. The competition was equally as challenging as a conference opponent. Although...

In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the locals take water quality seriously. Local experts are addressing the state's water purity rating at the sixth biennial Minnesota Water Conference. This year's focus is...

unt U.S.-sponsored Mideast meetings that have ended without result over the past two years. At the latest one Tuesday in London, an exasperated Secretary of State Madeleine Albright set a deadline for...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Forest fires raged out of control Tuesday in parched woodlands of three Canadian provinces, forcing 2,500 people to evacuate one town and halting some oilfield activity in Alberta. A...

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) -- Flipping over cars and hurling rocks at police, thousands of rioters furious about price hikes rampaged in northern Indonesia on Tuesday in the worst outbreak of violence since...

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the nation's top foreign policymaker, will deliver the keynote address at the College of Liberal Arts spring commencement, administrators announced Tuesday. Albright...

On a historically important holiday for Mexican-Americans, one University department concentrated its efforts on the future of Chicano studies. To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the Chicano Studies Department,...