When junior hurdler Niles Deneen was born, his mother gave him the middle name Running. Ironically, the name Running had nothing to do with track at all. "My mother had an art professor in college named...

After almost five months on their own, former University workers at Fairview-University Medical Center voted to renew their severed ties to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. By...

After the first day of the three-day NCAA Midwest Regional in Norman, Okla. on Thursday, the Gophers were tied with Tulsa for 14th place out of 21 teams with a one-round 297. Texas A&M was first with...

Professors don't spend all their time teaching and researching -- some are starting technology corporations. Net Perceptions, founded last July by computer science professors and entrepreneurs John Riedl...

Last spring, you may have seen Kristie Stiles at the front of political lines helping to wash Sen. Paul Wellstone's signature green bus. Or maybe you listened to her during one of her three-hour stints...

Under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, citizens theoretically have the right to free exercise of religion. But Native Americans, in particular, have undergone religious persecution ranging...

Elmo found himself suddenly somewhere else, sitting naked on a warm linoleum floor. It was dark, so his eyes had to adjust. Where had he just been? The memory was recent but was fading quickly. He was...

Certain parts of the 1997 season will gnaw at the Gophers baseball team for a long time: its 8-9 record in one-run games, Illinois' shocking and ill-timed sweep at Siebert Field in late April, and its...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a wrenching debate, the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday night killed a proposal to curtail late-term abortions that was backed by many Democrats and a late lobbying effort...

The University's budget moved a step closer to completion Thursday as both the House and Senate adopted the state's 1998-99 biennial higher education funding bill. The bill will go to Gov. Arne Carlson's...