TOKYO (AP) -- A top Finance Ministry official hanged himself Thursday, becoming the fourth high-ranking Japanese bureaucrat to commit suicide in a widening scandal over corruption in high places. Yoshio...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Socialist lawmakers filed a petition with the Constitutional Court on Thursday to eject Gen. Augusto Pinochet from his new seat as a senator-for-life. Other legislators, meanwhile,...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- After a close brush with the Black Hole of Lost Series a few years ago, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is speeding into its ninth season at full warp drive. Fans of the cult...

DO WE REGISTER WITH U? Net: We are in a foul mood today. NITWIT's munchies ended up taking all our Fritos, and we are withdrawing big time. Don't mess with us -- we are 32 flavors and then some, AND THEY'RE...

Although it may not be as sizzling as it once was, the ashes of the fire are still aglow with the question of whether students should pay extra service fees for an unlimited ride Metro Transit bus pass. The...

University supporters need a new budget legislation slogan, because key lawmakers say "249" is out of the picture. Dealt cuts in both the Senate last week and an instrumental House committee early Wednesday,...

A year ago when the Gophers men's basketball team advanced to the Final Four, large caravans of Minnesota fans traveled to every NCAA tournament game and all the campus-area bars and restaurants overflowed...

Until March 1993, Skeeter Burroughs' only form of exercise was marching band. Then, five years ago this month, the University spent more than $38 million on the Recreation Center. For Burroughs, that...

MANISA, Turkey (AP) -- A Turkish court acquitted 10 police officers Wednesday who were accused of beating and sexually abusing teenagers who had put up leftist political posters in this small town. Although...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines government has reached its first major agreement with Communist rebels aimed at ending their 28-year insurgency, President Fidel Ramos said Wednesday. The agreement...