Bombs exploded last week in the bank and courthouse of Vallejo, Calif. A third bomb was discovered near the public library. The case was solved through classic police work: a combination of determining...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- It's a ritual. Every day, Beatriz Gumucio steps onto a 14th-floor balcony of a Lima apartment building to look down at the Japanese ambassador's compound and the mansion where her husband...

In the political hubris of the last legislative season, Gov. Arne Carlson banded together with both a former legislator and a former representative and proposed the high tuition-high aid policy for higher...

The University became the state's first higher education institution in 1851 -- seven years before the state itself was established. Almost a century and a half later, the University is still the state's...

Family members cried as Deborah Wood, former University student Kami Talley's mother, testified Tuesday in the trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs, the man charged with killing Talley. In an eventful...

The high volume of snow this winter has caused both the University and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to spend much more than they anticipated on snow removal. Paul Tschida, the assistant...

University of Minnesota Foundation President Gerald Fischer said a proposed tax credit would bring about 20,000 new private donors to the school. The credit, introduced last week at a press conference,...

Improvisational quiltmaking has gone far beyond its original purpose of keeping people warm in bed; in the last decade, it has come to be seen as a distinct art form. Usually, improvisational quiltmakers...

Gophers hockey players and coaches didn't have much to complain about following two embarrassing losses at North Dakota last weekend. For the most part, they took responsibility for their flat performance...

In an era of streamlining and reorganization at the University, a new initiative has administrators concerned about the inefficiency it might cause. Beginning July 1, the University will implement an...