COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Randy Ayers' job prospects are uncertain, but a $637,353 payment from Ohio State should ease the pain of scanning the want ads. Ayers, 124-108 in eight years before his firing on...

Did I know, the woman in line asked me, that non-whites are now a majority in a dozen major American cities? In a manner of speaking I did know that, or at least I didn't find it unreasonable. "I'm surprised...

Steven Rosenstone, dean of the University's College of Liberal Arts, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences earlier this month for his contributions to the study of American politics. "He's...

Last Wednesday and Thursday, a rousing 3 percent of the campus elected Jigar Madia and Bridgette Murphy as the president and vice president of the Minnesota Student Association. Their posters, campaign...

W. Daniel Svedarsky, professor of agricultural management at the University's Crookston campus, performed a first among Crookston faculty members this week. Svedarsky, one of eight University professors...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For only the second time in 16 years, the government plans to pay off a tiny sliver of the national debt this quarter. But the government will return to its borrowing ways in the summer. The...

Andrew TellijohnA high-speed car chase led University Police from the West Bank campus to St. Paul on Friday night, and culminated in a 20-minute foot chase before it was finished. At about 5 p.m. on...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- New Ohio State women's basketball coach Beth Burns has agreed to a five-year contract that will pay her at least $300,000 a year -- almost double the package that her predecessor...

Students looking to revamp their camping equipment but without the cash to invest are in luck: A sale on the St. Paul campus will offer inexpensive new and used gear. Staff from the Outdoor Store, The...

"The time has come again for my annual visit to the dentist," Elmo stated with more than his usual tone of dismay. Since he lost his garish red and lavender toothbrush in January, the incentive to brush...