NEW YORK (AP) -- Talks to settle tobacco lawsuits are off until at least next week as anti-smoking negotiators resolve their disagreements over whether the industry should have immunity from punitive damages,...

The bullpen phone rang. "We need a lefty. Elmo, into the game!" Elmo, absorbed by the Victorian middle-literature he was studying in spare moments for his master's thesis, dutifully responded. "Anything...

DENVER (AP) -- Timothy McVeigh was convicted Monday in the deadliest act of terror on U.S. soil, a verdict that brought jubilation and bitter tears to relatives of the 168 people killed in the Oklahoma...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Mexican ambulance crews in Tijuana, upset by a recent inspection by American customs agents, are threatening to leave injured Americans short of the border. The ambulance crews typically...

More than 120 people gathered in Van Cleve Park recently to discuss the future of their Southeast Minneapolis neighborhood. Community members placed affirmative neon green and cautionary blaze orange...

Mike Crowley, a junior defenseman on the Gophers hockey team, decided late Sunday night to reject the latest contract offer from the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Unless the Ducks make a counter-offer during...

This year, the University's Department of Women's Studies celebrates its 25th anniversary. And Catherine Orr, a graduate student in feminist studies and speech communication, is working toward her doctoral...

"What were we thinking? We belong together," Elma told him. "I can't wait any longer. Say it, Elmo." "Uh .... um ..." "Go on; what are you waiting for?" "Uh ... this has never happened to me before." Elma...

TORONTO (AP) -- Donovan Bailey made it through the turn. Michael Johnson didn't make it to the finish line. Bailey, the Olympic gold medalist at 100 meters, pulled away from Johnson, the 200- and 400-meter...

The talent pool of Minnesota basketball players seems to become deeper each year, narrowing the gap among states like Michigan, Texas and Florida. The Minnesota STREETS' performance last Sunday in Chapel...