Gophers freshman women's tennis player Nora Sauska turns 21 today, and she has plenty to celebrate. But don't expect her to live it up the way some of her American counterparts often do, by swilling a...

After winning the first game of its Wednesday doubleheader against Northern Iowa, 2-0, the Gophers softball team looked as if it would complete the sweep with ease. Minnesota scored three runs in the...

Now that the University knows about how much money the Legislature is likely to provide during the next biennium, the Board of Regents must begin to decide which programs and projects will receive money. At...

Is it just me, or are other people constantly confronted with awkward situations they're not sure how to handle? The ones that kill me involve unexpectedly meeting people who I either don't want to see...

There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is cold. And she's buying a parka for Elmo. When she gets there she knows, that today will bring snow. With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh-ooh-ooh....

BIRCHWOOD, Minn. (AP) -- A company accused of copying a patented bacon-cooking dish has served up a settlement offer the teenage inventor of the recipe and her father can swallow. Abbey Fleck and her father,...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court upheld California's voter-approved ban on affirmative action, opening the way for the state to dismantle programs that favor women and minorities in hiring...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The lowest levels of springtime ozone ever detected over the North Pole have been mapped by instruments on a series of satellites, scientists announced on Tuesday. Ozone levels in late...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- New Ohio State basketball coach Jim O'Brien says there is no truth to a Boston columnist's contention that he was fired at Boston College before taking the Ohio State job. "I was...

Andrew TellijohnUniversity police thwarted an attempted break-in of an unoccupied University building on Saturday. Police arrested Richard Sherman Eidum, 45, for burglary and possession of burglary tools. According...