BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Bound for Iraq in a last-chance peace mission, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan declared Thursday he was "reasonably optimistic" about his chances of ending the weapons-inspection...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- A love story between a couple from rival ethnic groups ended Thursday with the man in jail and the woman in hiding, in fear of her life after taking a lover from outside her tribe. Kanwar...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A woman admitted she threw her 18-month-old son out a speeding car into a highway median Thursday because she "would rather see her baby dead than to be involved with pornography,"...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A blink-on tax on milk wholesalers could save Minnesota's small dairy farms from extinction say lawmakers pushing for a surcharge of up to 24 cents a gallon. Rep. Steve Wenzel's plan would...

There has always been at least one constant in junior Gophers women's basketball guard Mindy Hansen's life. She had to deal with her parents getting divorced when she was younger, the difficult experience...

George Bush, the subject of impressions as President of the United States, did some impersonations of his own Thursday night at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Bush, who was president from 1989 to...

Alaska-Anchorage coach Dean Talafous has heard it all before. During his first head coaching stint, at Division III Wisconsin-River Falls in the mid-80s, fans criticized Talafous for coaching a slow-down,...

The Gophers women's softball team improved to 5-3 on the season by sweeping a doubleheader at North Carolina on Thursday by scores of 15-3 and 9-0. Shortstop Shannon Beeler led the way for Minnesota in...

Students trying to decipher the Constitution or get the lowdown on Freud's theories will find a new ally in a computer study aid. And if they act fast, students can find it for free. A program, CyberStudy...

Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of alleged rapist Antonio Burton, as attorneys questioned potential jurors in Hennepin County District Court. Of a pool of 30 possible candidates to sit on the...