GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- It was an unforgettable sight: fire sweeping through 11 downtown buildings in a flooded city. For a time, firefighters seemed helpless against one disaster on top of another. "I...

It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that a new president plus a retiring governor multiplied by a state surplus in an election year equals a lot of cash for the University. The school raked...

On the walls that line the second floor of Morrill Hall hang about 20 photographs of what is being called the last great resistance movement in the world. The photographs are part of an exhibit named...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Former President Carlos Andres Perez turned himself in to authorities Wednesday and was placed under house arrest on charges of illegal enrichment. The controversial two-time...

To anyone who follows track and field, it might seem like there's a funnel cloud from Kansas following prep runners from Minnesota. Oddly enough, a high school coach with close ties to the University...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --Tehran's reformist mayor was freed from jail Wednesday after Iran's supreme leader stepped in to check a growing power struggle between government hard-liners and moderates. Tensions...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Traffic on the Internet is doubling every 100 days, the government said Wednesday in the latest snapshot of the exploding information technology industry. Business use is growing fastest,...

Luminescent beads in rich hues of blue, crimson and gold glinted in the Goldstein Gallery's soft lighting as Paul and Megan Wright strolled through the showroom. Expecting to find a fashion-related exhibit...

Former Minnesota Daily and current New York Times reporter Sam Dillon won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting Tuesday. Dillon joins a list of former Daily writers who have received the much-coveted...

Health care coverage for dependents and restorative dental care were some topics of heated debate Wednesday at an open forum for graduate students. About 75 graduate students assembled at the St. Paul...