ST. PAUL (AP)--An attempt to lower the state's drunken driving threshold that failed late in last year's session advanced early and easily Wednesday, an omen for success, supporters say. The bill would...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- College basketball standout Lester Earl was accused by the NCAA on Tuesday of accepting $6,600 in cash from an LSU assistant coach before transferring to Kansas last year. The NCAA...

When it's snowing in the morning, University plowers know their day will be long. Some get up at 1 a.m., scraping the road two or three times before laying down sand and salt to give drivers traction. If...

By finishing first at the National Dual Meet Championships in Iowa City on Sunday, the Gophers wrestling team was recognized as the top dual meet team in the nation. Even so, the Gophers are still ranked...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings coaching situation remained muddled Tuesday as president Roger Headrick put off, if only for one day, a showdown-type meeting with coach Dennis Green. Green was...

There was a time, less than a year ago, when the hottest ticket on campus was a men's basketball or men's hockey game with serious Big Ten, WCHA or NCAA implications. Because of this season, however, images...

It's been a bad year for my car, an Oldsmobile Delta 88 I named the H.M.S. Ronald after my father and the man who was serving his first term as President when my car was manufactured. Its gas mileage is...

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) -- A jury Tuesday convicted a former assistant attorney general of possessing hundreds of books, furniture, computers and art stolen from colleges and museums around New England. William...

QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS AND RAVES Net: As a public service to our readers (not that we're into public service or anything) we occasionally publish your inquiries into the University, student life, and...

The pope's visit to Cuba should inspire hope in all people of good will. The legacy John Paul II is crowned by his achievements to help liberate people from tyranny and to reverse age-old demagoguery. I...