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...

So Saddam Hussein is one of those nasty dictators that the world would be safer without. And we, in the land of the free, have heard quite a bit of revelry over the past month about how sensible it will...

Net: These are stormy days in Netland. Political sensitivities are at a peak, with readers valiantly defending our prized freedoms (and writing anagrams, of course). We won't even TOUCH Clinton today --...

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...

Bombs made from hairpins and chewing gum might have saved the day for television's MacGyver, but a harmless bomb made from similar household materials startled Frontier Hall residents Monday. At about...

One week ago, in a dimly lit room, I whispered this truth to a trusted friend: Tom Clancy is going to buy the Minnesota Vikings. How did I know this event -- which was about as likely as some of the scenarios...

TRENTO, Italy (AP) -- A U.S. military plane on a low-level training flight over the snowy Alps sliced through a cable-car line, Tuesday, sending a gondola full of skiers crashing hundreds of feet to the...