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...

BIARO, Zaire (AP) --Thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees emerged from hiding in the jungles of eastern Zaire on Monday, their hunger more powerful than their fear of the mobs that drove them from squalid...

Although University President Nils Hasselmo is still in charge for a few more months, we recently caught a glimpse of the University's future under a new administration. In his first major move since being...

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Leptin, a hormone that acts in the brain to suppress appetite, also fights obesity by burning up fat within cells, researchers report. Dr. Roger H. Unger of the University of Texas Southwestern...

A tableful of empty margarita glasses cluttered the speckled kitchen table. Elmo sat, puffy tear-stained cheeks propped in his hands. "I want to be alone," he said in his best Garbo imitation. Nothing...

MEXICO CITY (AP)-- Gabriel Figueroa, a leading cinematographer who worked with the great performers and directors of Mexico's Golden Age of Film as well as with famous U.S. artists, died on Sunday. He...