Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Education Committee struggled Thursday with the impact that welfare reform would have on higher education. After almost two hours of discussion, legislators...

Gov. Arne Carlson designated education as his number one spending priority, but fell about $100 million short of the University's requested increase. The governor laid out his $20 billion 1998-99 spending...

Considering the Gophers hockey team is facing Michigan Tech -- a squad with only two WCHA wins -- this weekend hardly seems to qualify on a list of Minnesota's most important series of the season. The...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut center Kirk King will be suspended for the rest of his senior season for accepting improper gifts, pending an appeal of an NCAA ruling by the university. A source, speaking...

Society must acknowledge that there are both innocent and voluntary victims of illnesses, said a University alumnus and visiting professor Thursday at a seminar sponsored by the Program in Human Rights...

Just after they started their dual match season, the Gophers men's tennis players fly solo again this weekend at the Big Ten indoor singles championships in Champaign, Ill. Minnesota beat Arizona State...

On her 18th birthday, gymnast Jenny Mazzone experienced a nightmare. It started in her club gym in Sparks, Nev. It ended in the emergency room. "I twisted my knee inwards and heard it rip," Mazzone said. Attempting...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Doctors replaced Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable's left hip Thursday and said the operation was successful. "He is doing well. The nursing supervisor I spoke to said he is not in...

and Andrew TellijohnMinnesota legislators cast votes Thursday to clamp down on stalkers in the state. The first bill of the 1997 session passed through the House of Representatives with an overwhelming...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Cancer experts who were supposed to settle a furious controversy over whether women should start having mammograms at age 40 or age 50 decided Thursday to leave the decision up to...