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The Minnesota Daily

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The Minnesota Daily

U professor changesfocus of research

Published January 22, 1998

The five-legged frog business isn't what it used to be, and it's losing one of its most prominent researchers. University biology professor Robert McKinnell said Wednesday he will stop researching deformed...

Beef against Winfrey prompts libel debate

Published January 22, 1998

(U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- It's time to air our beef on the whole freedom of speech vs. libel issue. Maybe you've heard of the Texas cattle ranchers suing popular television talk show host Oprah...

Rivalry splits two brothers

by Allison Younge
Published January 22, 1998

Since Minnesota defeated Iowa 18-17 last Sunday to clinch the National Duals title, the rivalry between the border teams has intensified. Friday night, it won't be hard to tell where loyalty lies when...

MSA suggests Burma stock divestment for U

Published January 22, 1998

The Minnesota Student Association voted Tuesday to recommend the University's divestment in Total Oil Company. Total Oil is a leading investor in Burma, a country in southeast Asia. Burma has gained international...

Food drive nets shoppers free airline tickets

by Brian Close
Published January 22, 1998

To the casual observer, it would seem like a strange shopping list: a case of vegetable soup, a case of mushrooms and a case of wax beans. To the shoppers, it was a free ticket to an exciting spring break. In...

Gotti Jr. charged in racketeering sweep

Published January 22, 1998

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) --John Gotti Jr., who reputedly succeeded his father as head of the Gambino crime family, was arrested Wednesday on racketeering charges that included tax evasion and extortion...

Pope lands ‘to bless the people of Cuba’

Published January 22, 1998

HAVANA (AP) --Welcomed by President Fidel Castro and multitudes of Cuba's hard-pressed but hopeful people, Pope John Paul II began a historic pilgrimage Wednesday to this island of embattled faith and...

Theft victims lose more than just laptops

by Jesse Weisbeck
Published January 22, 1998

When a thief stole a University professor's laptop computer Wednesday, the professor lost something far more irreplaceable than $1,700 in hardware: four months of tedious financial research. However,...

Zimbabwe’s capital calm after two days of rioting

Published January 22, 1998

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) --Zimbabwe's government struggled Wednesday to contain the worst civil unrest since independence. The violence, sparked by rising food prices, spread from the capital to provincial...

Funds sought for deformed frog research

by Emily Dalnodar
Published January 22, 1998

and Colleen Winters There's no stopping them. Since the 1995 discovery of deformed frogs in southern Minnesota, these strange green creatures have hopped their way onto newspaper covers and television...

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