Triumphant celebrations and gatherings of the defeated officially mark the end of election campaigns. But like any other party, the hosts have to clean up afterward -- and for this year's MSA campaign...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Ol' Blue Eyes" is headed for gold. Frank Sinatra, the recipient of numerous awards for an entertainment career that spans six decades, will add the Congressional Gold Medal to the collection...

Ellen DeGeneres takes a bold step in television history tonight when her character comes out on the show "Ellen." She took an even bolder personal step two weeks ago by coming out in Time magazine. "Yep,...

The result of the Gophers softball team's doubleheader at Wisconsin on Tuesday, particularly game one, has to make members of the squad feel jinxed. But the action at a different pair of games provided...

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...