MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin athletic board extended by one year the contracts of men's basketball coach Dick Bennett, women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle and hockey coach...

PINGLU, China (AP) -- The farmers of Qian village elected a leader they hoped would better their lives. When he proved to be a crook and a rapist, they complained -- and the government listened. Acting...

"I've spent 15 years in a life raft -- 15 years -- now I've got something to say. Stay in your lifeboats, people, stay in your life boats. It's murder out there, murder. Sharks patrol these waters." --...

A Monday night theft cost the geology department two laptop computers, a bicycle and a backpack, as an unknown person or persons broke into Pillsbury Hall. The thief or thieves entered an office in the...

and Nancy NgoThe University's lone food service candidate has proven it is smitten with the school, as it takes the first steps toward establishing a relationship with the institution. For the next three...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Residents were told on Monday that their tap water was safe to drink, nearly a month after flooding ravaged the city and prompted plans to prevent future floods. An order to boil...

The Gophers baseball team's elimination from the Big Ten baseball tournament became all but official after its 7-5 loss to Northwestern on Friday in the series opener. That left the last three games of...

Elmo was ready to bask in the sun, because today it would be partly sunny with highs in the upper 50s. But he missed the dark-haired Rita from his Italian class. She never seemed willing to share a cup...

Many of the women who have appeared in Playboy pictorials have gone on to become actresses and models -- even doctors and lawyers, said representatives from the men's magazine. But some students and staff...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's governing African National Congress admitted Monday that it committed bombings, murders and torture in its fight against apartheid -- sometimes killing innocent...