MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- President Clinton on Wednesday declared several southern Minnesota counties disaster areas, freeing up federal money for recovery efforts under way following Sunday's deadly tornadoes. The...

HANOVER, N.H. (U-WIRE) -- "It need hardly be said that the subtlest practitioners of doublethink are those who invented doublethink and know that it is a vast system of mental cheating. In our society,...

After consulting with his doctor, University doctoral student Mike McCord pledged to attend classes at Boynton Health Service for managing stress in an attempt to reduce his blood pressure and cholesterol. McCord...

The Gophers baseball team's game at Northern Iowa on Wednesday night was rained out. No make-up date has been scheduled. Minnesota returns to action with a four-game series at Siebert Field this weekend...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- In the sharpest confrontation of Prince Norodom Ranariddh's return from exile, hundreds of his supporters and opponents battled with rocks and sticks Wednesday while riot police...

Net: And now, a note from ...OURPARANOIDREADERS From Mark: Spring is coming. It is in the air. This means the squirrels are going to be back. Net: Of course, they never left -- especially in the minds...

Julius Caesar discovered the dangers of the Ides of March many spring breaks ago. Today, we still face the same dangers. We've had to witness the fact that tragedies play themselves out when we would least...

Coaches constantly question the impartiality of judges and officials. Bobby Knight berates officials and throws temper tantrums that would make a four-year-old proud. He sometimes even throws chairs. But...

University researchers unveiled an experimental prostate cancer treatment Wednesday that kills only cancer cells without damaging other healthy cells. The lead researcher and University professor, Akhouri...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The Northern Ireland peace talks bogged down in another side dispute Wednesday when the main pro-British Protestant party and the Irish government accused each other of...