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The Minnesota Daily

Student choreographs winning dance

Published April 28, 1998

Ken Eisinger A University dance trio will perfect falls, rebounds and releases this week to prepare for its upcoming appearance in the dance equivalent of college basketball's Final Four. The maneuvers...

Debaters raise issues of fees, student apathy

by Ingrid Skjong
Published April 28, 1998

Minnesota Student Association presidential hopefuls and their running mates outlined their platforms Monday during the MSA Presidential Debate at the Coffman Union Theater. The eight candidates explained...

Al Gore has problems making ends meet

Published April 28, 1998

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (U-WIRE) -- Bowing to tradition, Vice President Al Gore released copies of his 1997 tax return to the public last week. On the same form that he listed his income of $197,729, he reported...

Sisters paint pretty picture of father

Published April 28, 1998

BOSTON (AP) -- Two young women whose father allegedly kidnapped them from their mother 19 years ago stood by him Monday, portraying him as a loving dad who did what he had to do to protect his daughters. "I...

New drug attempts to block one gene that causes cancer

Published April 28, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug companies are studying a possible new way to switch off one of the many genes that spur cancer growth, but scientists warn it's too soon to know how well the drugs will work in...

U softball looks for firmer tourney grip

by Michael Dougherty
Published April 28, 1998

Entering the most important week of her squad's schedule, the last thing Gophers softball coach Lisa Bernstein-O'Brien wanted to do was spend an extra night in Indiana because of flight delays. But thanks...

Brainstorming begins as meteor shower nears

Published April 28, 1998

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- In November, the Earth's atmosphere will be hit with the most severe meteor shower in 33 years, a bombardment of debris that could damage or destroy some of the nearly 500...

Pentagon favors exhuming a man’s body for identification

Published April 28, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remains of the Vietnam veteran in the Tomb of the Unknowns should be exhumed to determine if they belong to a downed Air Force pilot as his family believes, a Pentagon panel said Monday. Defense...

Forum looks at highs and lows of drug policy

by Andrew Donohue
Published April 28, 1998

Discussion surrounding national drug policies struck at the vein of debaters at a public forum Monday. The forum, held at the University Law School, was sponsored by the Open Debate Project and focused...

Police release drug raid arrestees; no charges filed

Published April 28, 1998

The five men arrested at the Gopher Campus Motor Lodge were released Friday from Hennepin County Jail without being charged. Police arrested the men Wednesday in a drug bust at the motel at 10th Avenue...

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