Andrew Tellijohn When Detective Marianne Olson saw University student Walter Lee Hunt and three friends riding their stunt-style bikes on Washington Avenue last Tuesday, she wasn't going to make an issue...

Two weeks ago, the Gophers women's gymnastics team qualified for the NCAA championships for the first time in the history of the program. Minnesota will get its chance to perform this weekend in Gainesville,...

Like the pillars of a pier, brothers Norman and Frank Holley have quietly withstood the current of time; they fish and watch the city change along the banks of the Mississippi. "I've come here since the...

Tiger Woods, champion. Tiger Woods, superstar. Tiger Woods, millionaire. Tiger Woods, minority. Before the youngest-ever Masters Tournament champion slipped on his new green jacket, the prestigious trophy...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A retired Russian naval captain, accused of treason for exposing potential radioactive contamination, was among seven winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize awarded on Monday. Other...

Expressions of pain and anger can take many forms, and for University students and victims of sexual assault, T-shirts can serve as a canvas for their feelings. The Program Against Sexual Violence, a...

The University's Institute on Race and Poverty aspires to expand its research and influence with new grant money. The institute recently received $240,000 from the Otto Bremer Foundation. The grant, spread...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- David Parker first started looking into child labor as a research project at the Minnesota Health Department. But it soon became his passion. The epidemiologist took a camera and, using...

In the last two games that Gophers softball pitcher Steph Klaviter has started, Jennifer Johnson has come on in relief to earn the save. Stress the earn on that. In two consecutive starts, Klaviter plowed...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- What makes that morning whiff of coffee so alluring? It could be your nose telling you, "Drink up, it's good for you." A University of California-Davis chemist found that the beguiling...