Major league baseball is a haven for those obsessed with statistics. Experts, or "seamheads," factor in batting average, on-base percentage, sunflower seeds consumed, etc., in an effort to determine who...

Apple Valley High School's four-time state champion wrestler Chad Erickson was surprised to see Gophers assistant coach Marty Morgan standing at his doorstep on the morning of last July 1. The date marked...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's ruling Golkar party routed all challengers in tightly controlled elections, initial returns showed Thursday. The victory followed a monthlong campaign wracked by...

This month the Minnesota Legislature passed legislation that explicitly bans same-sex marriage. Minnesota isn't the first state to declare that marriage must be reserved for a man and woman. Last September,...

Alfalfa may be the answer farmers everywhere are looking for to clean up the pollution in their soil and water supply. An innovative alfalfa variety developed in the Agricultural Research Service within...

Jean Freeman has transformed the Gophers women's swimming and diving team from relative obscurity to the verge of national prominence in her 24 years as coach. But her most intriguing and possibly most...

A tiny organization housed in the Hubert H. Humphrey Center is leading an assault on commercial sexual exploitation around the world. The Center on Speech, Equality and Harm is directed by Laura Lederer....

By overwhelmingly electing moderate cleric Mohammed Khatami to head their country last week, Iranian voters gave a mandate to their leaders and sent a message about the Islamic republic's future. That...

Weight-loss hysteria has infected the nation like a bad disease. Americans have spent millions of dollars on Thighmasters, Buttmasters, Legmasters, Chestmasters -- lots of masters -- Power Riders, Health...

PHOENIX (AP) -- Jake Plummer, who led Arizona State to the Rose Bowl before being drafted by the Arizona Cardinals, was charged Wednesday on four felony counts of sexual abuse stemming from an incident...