ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. was researching manipulation of nicotine in the tobacco leaf as early as 1963, an attorney in Minnesota's lawsuit against the industry said...

In his final State of the State address Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Arne Carlson praised the University and stumped for more higher education funding. Carlson, diverting from the fiscally conservative ways...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-controlled Senate voted Wednesday, two days before Ronald Reagan's 87th birthday, to rename Washington National Airport in his honor. The 76-22 vote came after days of...

When Laura Nevitt learned last quarter that Wisconsin has never sent a woman senator or representative to Congress, she thought someone needed to break that trend. "I decided that I would be that person,"...

Basketball has always taught its players the value of teamwork, physical rigor and practice. Today, contract law can be added to the basketball syllabus, when a two-week arbitration hearing for ex-Golden...

While dealing the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system a $40 million setback, a House committee approved Wednesday the University's budget request in its entirety. The House Higher Education...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A mathematical formula espoused only by winning coaches was once again raised after Wednesday night's 68-56 Illinois win over the Gophers: A team's success is inversely proportional...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A firebomb was thrown Wednesday near the home of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin but was extinguished by passers-by, the killer's mother said. The incident happened a day after vandals spray-painted...

Two months after the conclusion of its most successful season to date, the Gophers women's soccer team was rewarded with what coach Sue Montagne calls her best recruiting class ever. On Wednesday, the...

Two members of the Gophers men's swimming and diving team's freshman class have emerged from the pack this season, although one, in terms of attention, has made a bigger splash so far. Freshman Alex Massura...