With the second-best throw in Gophers women's track and field history of 50 feet, 4 inches (15.34m), Gophers newcomer Aubrey Schmitt provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships at the unscored...

The Gophers women's swimming and diving team ended a one-and-a-half-month hiatus from competition Saturday by steamrolling the competition at the Gold Country Invitational. The final tally had Minnesota...

EL COBRE, Cuba (AP) -- President Fidel Castro stood for election Sunday in parliamentary balloting the Cuban leader after calling for a referendum on the nation's socialist system. "Vote for the future...

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinians hurled stones and bottles Saturday at Israeli troops, who fired back with rubber bullets in an hours-long clash that was interrupted occasionally to let...

Standing in a crowded third-floor room of the University's Masonic Cancer Center, Iowa native Jim Oliger said his good-byes and thank-yous to staff members assembled around him. Oliger concluded his participation...

On Jan. 1, 11 European nations implemented the euro as their shared currency. Although the demise of national currencies will take place slowly over the next three years, one can safely assume the euro...

Last week co-head coach Jim Stephenson called his 13th-ranked women's gymnastics team, "The best-kept secret in Minnesota." Well, the secret is out. Stephenson's squad defeated sixth-ranked Alabama 192.925...

It took a new starting lineup and contributions from several unlikely sources, but the Gophers women's basketball team finally got its first Big Ten win of the season Sunday afternoon at Michigan State. Before...

Former University employee Robert J. Shaw was awarded $532,933 in Hennepin County District Court on Friday after a jury decided the University fired Shaw without just cause. Shaw was seeking $1 million...

Job placement for graduate and professional students after they attain their degrees topped the agenda at Monday's Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting. Christine Maziar, dean of the Graduate...