VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John Paul II and Russian President Boris Yeltsin held long, warm talks Tuesday that fell short of arranging a papal visit or a meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The...

With one speech, President Mark Yudof's plea to bring the University almost $300 million in state money will reach from the Boundary Waters to the Iowa border. The Minnesota Newspaper Association, at...

Nancy Hudson is alive today because of blood donors. And the 48-year-old from Bloomington is on the forefront of a campaign to get more people to donate blood. The University's second blood drive of the...

The Minnesota Senate gave the First Amendment a break Monday. Its members unanimously passed the Free Flow of Information Act, a bill which shields the media from police interference. Under the proposed...

The Oscar nominees will be announced today. But the Academy Awards are not always the best indicators of a film's quality. For instance, even "Schindler's List," perhaps the least commercial of past major...

Silver linings have been hard to come by this season for the last-place Gophers women's basketball team, but that's just how the team described its two close weekend losses to conference leading Illinois...

An outspoken advocate of minority rights, General College writing professor Lisa Albrecht will have a louder voice on multicultural issues this year as chairwoman of the Minneapolis Commission on Civil...

Gophers guard Kevin Clark has scored in double figures in seven of his last eight games, but his most important contribution to the team still might be on defense. While he scored 17 points in Minnesota's...

Two recent White House proposals could change the amount of students' financial aid, though early drafts are drawing criticism. The first proposal would change the data required by students and parents...

The Carlson School of Management is betting the Minneapolis advertising agency behind Minnesota State Lottery campaigns will further its commitment to provide "real-world" education. Carmichael Lynch,...