Dear Dr. Date,I understand that there are sexual connotations to body piercing. What are the so-called pleasure advantages to ornamenting different portions of the anatomy?-- Out-of-touchThere are two...

If there was one lesson that was taught during the Gophers women's hockey team's victory over St. Lawrence, it was this: Do not make mistakes against Minnesota. Nadine Muzerall's two goals and an assist...

A war has ensued among several local service stations to offer motorists the lowest prices in gasoline. While stations in northeast Minneapolis and St. Anthony are among the major participants, University...

Through ongoing studies, two University researchers found a way to cleanse a potentially harmful herbicide from water supplies. Banned in seven European countries, atrazine is the number-one herbicide...

For Stephen Chou, former University electrical engineering professor, less is better. Chou and his 16-member Nano Structures Laboratory pioneered a new manufacturing process that fits more information...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark's Little Mermaid statue, beloved symbol of fairy tale innocence, fell victim Tuesday to cynicism -- decapitated by vandals who apparently called a cameraman to witness...

Dear Dr. Date,We have a problem. The two of us have a close mutual friend who lives in another city. Three months ago he got a new girlfriend. Since then, each of us have met her once on separate occasions....

Bundle up, it's cold outside. That's the message from Boynton Health Service, where four University students were treated for frostbite Tuesday. Frostbite is a freezing of the skin, on the surface or underlying...

Hawkins Chemical Inc. has reached a tentative agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by those who claimed they were harmed during a fire at their chemical plant. The fire, which sent smoke and...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- A plan for the U.S. Forest Service to buy the remaining state lands still inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has become an emerging issue in the debate over the area's future. Contrary...