I recently accompanied my 6-year-old sister on her birthday trip to see "Pocahontas on Ice" with her two little blonde friends. My sister loves to think that she looks like Pocahontas because she has long...

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...

"Great Caesar's ghost," yelled Elmo as he realized that he'd put off doing his taxes for the 15th year in a row. He shuffled through his stack of W-2s, found his 1040EZ book and took a deep breath before...

Members of a pre-paid health care program formerly run with the help of University Hospital can breathe a guarded sigh of relief about how long their health care coverage will continue. Recipients of...

Andrew TellijohnAfter everyone else had gone home for the weekend, the only people left at the Hennepin County Courthouse on Friday night were three reporters, two attorneys, a few judicial officials...

Denise Tolbert rushed through the doors of the Campus Involvement Center in a blur, flashing her trademark ear-to-ear grin. "I can't forget the banner," Tolbert repeated to herself as she zipped to the...

Thirty members of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, including six from the University, spent the weekend lobbying federal representatives in Washington, D.C. The student group pressed their...

A year ago, Alan Sokal was an obscure physics professor. But a controversial article, filled with false and misleading information, has vaulted him to the forefront of academic debate. Sokal spoke Friday...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans experienced significantly fewer violent crimes in 1995 than in 1994, with rates for such acts as rape, robbery and assault down by 12.4 percent, the Justice Department said...

During last week's Board of Regents meetings, senior vice president Marvin Marshak reminded regents of a major shortcoming of the University: the relatively low rate at which it pays its faculty members....