WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bidding for a veto-proof majority in the Senate, Republican backers of a ban on certain late-term abortions agreed to minor changes in their bill on Monday and pocketed the endorsement...

The Minnesota Legislature is about to enter a special session that could drag deliberations about a K-12 education bill well into the summer. Although extra sessions are a burden on the taxpayer, they...

The Minnesota Public Interest Research Group allocated $30,000 at a 12-hour meeting last Saturday for a full-time land use advocate. Money was one of several issues the organization discussed at the meeting....

A different breed of mall preachers took to their soapboxes on Monday on Northrop Mall. Six Episcopal priests each took their turn preaching the Gospel, while members of the University Episcopal Center...

Elmo stared at the intramural softball schedule without blinking. He simply couldn't fathom the horror. His team, The Clownfish, was 2-2 and needed one more win to make the playoffs. But they had to face...

Former University Hospital workers, now at Fairview-University Medical Center, gave the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees a split decision in balloting last week. Two of the...

In the Friday, May 16 news story "Senate changes romance policy," reporter Tom Lopez summarizes remarks I made to the University Senate at its Thursday meeting regarding the proposal to form a committee...

B-BOP. B-BOP? "What is that supposed to mean?" I wondered as, in my early morning fog, I slowly focused on the bus ad above my head. That's jazz, I thought. Something to do with Charlie Parker. Maybe...

The Gophers' men's golf team ended their roller-coaster season appropriately over the weekend by failing to advance to the NCAA championships. Minnesota finished 17th out of 21 teams at the NCAA Central...

The Gophers men's basketball team added some depth to its corps of frontcourt players Friday when it signed 6-foot-10 Antoine Broxsie. The center/forward from Tampa, Fla., will help replace big men John...