Despite the post-World War II trials of leading German Nazis at Nuremburg, crimes against humanity continue and generally go unpunished. Cambodia is a prime example. About two million Cambodians -- one-fifth...

The University area is a veritable hot-bed for tanners. At least four signs advertising "tans" cling to different business windows in Dinkytown. In nearby Stadium Village, two tanning shops sit face...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Out of the state's $1.9 billion budget surplus, Minnesotans will receive $500 million in property tax rebates and another $400 million in permanent property tax reductions. Of the remainder...

The University of Minnesota Press welcomed its new director, Douglas Armato, with a reception Monday night at the Weisman Art Museum. The University of Minnesota Press is a non-profit publisher of scholarly...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia won't attend this week's meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers in Washington because it has not been granted the status it deserves in the organization, the head of the Central...

It's a discovery for the books -- the biochemistry books, not the record books. Published in today's issue of the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences," biochemistry professor Greg Nelsestuen...

Minnesota's four-game sweep of Iowa two weekends ago was an accomplishment in itself. Inside that story, however, were the accomplishments of the Gophers' starting pitchers, who held a tough Hawkeyes...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Swooping down in helicopters, army forces captured a top Turkish Kurdish rebel commander in northern Iraq on Monday and brought him back to Turkey. The operation could deal a serious...

I have a confession to make: I like Joe Camel and those cool Camel Red boxes of cigarettes that look like they're from the 1930s. I also love the Marlboro man, even though I'm not a cowgirl. And you know...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Flooding in northwestern Afghanistan has killed at least 30 people and left more than 5,000 homeless, a local official said Monday. Two rivers in the remote province of Faryab...