Elmo shook the oracle and turned it bottom-up. He waited as the luminescent blue words became clear through the inky haze: "Future cloudy -- ask again." So he did. "Will spring return anytime soon?" he...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis became the first jazz composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music Monday, receiving the award for "Blood on the Fields," his epic oratorio on slavery. "It means...

At a White House forum on education last Wednesday, President Clinton eagerly accepted high-profile backing for his voluntary national standardized testing for public schools plan. California Superintendent...

The Senate Children Family and Learning Committee meeting was canceled Monday. The committee was scheduled to hear the omnibus higher education bill. Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Thief River Falls, who is a...

When the word "gang" is spoken in an everyday conversation, most people think of a group of black male teenagers hangin' on the street corner. I'll admit, that's what I think of, although gangs of many...

A state office will begin sending union election ballots to University professional workers on Monday, kicking off a three-week mail-in election. The ballot will ask professional workers if they want...

A long-unsolved case of geological assault might now be resolved, thanks to the efforts of two University graduates. For years, geologists have been mystified by the formation of the Rocky Mountains,...

Rachel Kemptner has provided the state with its strongest evidence against Puiassance Andersen, but when prosecutor Steve Redding finished questioning her, defense attorney Paul Schneck began casting...

Riding on a bus with a whole bunch of grade-school children sitting behind you really limits a conversation; at least that's what a friend of mine, who I will call "Steve," and I thought when it happened...

Clinton administration officials are making much ado about little in toasting Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent tour of Africa as an overwhelming success. No doubt, it's certainly time the administration...