Catchers have traditionally received little credit, even though they are the brains of the entire baseball operation. Their most important jobs -- calling pitches and keeping pitchers relaxed on the mound...

A strange thing happened last week -- I witnessed a hunger strike on the University campus. Really. Right here. In 1998. When I first heard about it, I thought it was a joke. Hunger strikes were demonstrations...

Net: Today, we are pleased to announce ...OUR FIRST PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY ... the brainchild of none other than:FromTheFishin'Magician: NoGreenCoat brought up an interesting point. Are the majority of...

onths of deadlock, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain won agreement Monday for Mideast peace talks in London between Israel and Palestinian leaders. Blair said the talks would start May 4 and be conducted...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home was the White House, but Ronald Reagan's heart was in "Rancho del Cielo," his California mountaintop hideaway. Now it is being sold to a conservative group seeking inspiration for...

CHHANOK TRU, Cambodia (AP) -- The Khmer Rouge killed 22 ethnic Vietnamese in a deadly strike far from their home base that demonstrated the guerrilla group's power to terrorize in the runup to nationwide...

The recent trend of banking industry mega-mergers might lay a lasting mark on the job market as well as on Wall Street. Three new banking goliaths emerged from as many mergers in the last two weeks;...

Students living in the Marcy-Holmes area have a voice in more than just University politics. Issues like Dinkytown parking congestion, better bike paths to campus and rental property conditions are handled...

Although it didn't solve any problems for next year, the Gophers basketball team signed a recruit Monday who could help significantly in two years. John-Blair Bickerstaff, a 6-foot-6-inch sophomore from...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A special legislative session looked Monday to drag out over three days despite quick passage by the Senate of a $12 million economic aid package and a bill to help Warroad-based Marvin...