"We know whatever happens to us after we leave our bodies is a step forward" -- videotaped message by Marshall Applewhite, leader of Heaven's Gate. Driven by the belief that the comet Hale-Bopp was actually...

Primitive humans responded to astronomical phenomena in reverent ways. A comet -- a big, frozen cosmic dirtball flying past the Earth -- had divine spiritual meaning. Comets meant the gods were angry. Today,...

Prospects for peace in the Middle East were severely undermined last month, when a bomb ripped through a crowded Tel Aviv cafe killing three Israeli women and the young Palestinian man responsible for...

WASHINGTON (AP) --Eugenie Anderson, the nation's first woman ambassador and an organizer of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, died at her home in Red Wing, Minn. She was 87. Anderson, who was...

If it seems weird to see a preview of a team that has played 30 games already this season, consider this: Only a handful of people -- outside of those in warm weather locations like Georgia and Texas...

The season is more than two-thirds complete, but as far as Gophers women's tennis coach Martin Novak is concerned, things are just getting started. After going undefeated through their first nine matches...

The Gophers football team underwent serious reconstructive measures during the winter and came out with a new group of coaches, a bunch of new players and different offensive and defensive plans for next...

Last week, 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult apparently committed mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. The first reaction for many people is one of outrage. The second reaction is to distance themselves...

In a little more than three weeks, the University's undergraduate student body will elect its newest president and vice president. Two pairs of candidates vying for these top positions on the Minnesota...

Every school break I look forward to returning home and reuniting with my friends. Unlike other high school friends, who seem to become fewer each year, our group remains tight. Though we don't see each...