Forget that Central Florida won the first two games of Wednesday night's first-round NCAA tournament match with Minnesota. Forget that the Gophers had one player who almost couldn't play because of injury,...

Just minutes before the Gophers volleyball team started play Wednesday night, women's athletics director Chris Voelz made her rounds through the Sports Pavilion, with an eased look of contentment on her...

You've got to love those people on the Board of Regents. First they schedule the presidential candidate public forums for finals week, when most of us will be too busy or crazed to attend. Now we find...

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Business interests and environmentalists have endorsed a campaign for new high-speed and conventional railroad passenger service in the Midwest. The nine-state proposal, with Chicago...

When Jan Morse walked home from work Monday evening, she noticed a trail of pine needles meandering through Marcy Park. The trail led to the remains of a pine tree, executed in the name of Christmas. Morse...

At least one of three candidates for the job of University president is looking at another presidential position at a different school. Judith Ramaley, president of Portland State University, started a...

News of the possible discovery of ice deposits on the moon this week flooded the astronomy community with enthusiastic discussion of the potential for lunar colonization. Early Thursday morning, the unmanned...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two retired generals who once oversaw America's nuclear arsenals are now urging disarmament. "We believe the time for action is now, for the alternative of inaction could well carry...

and Chris Vetter Although the precedent does not stand in Minnesota, some University students hope a recent federal ruling that bans mandatory student service fees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...

Thankfully, the holiday season comes but once a year. Any more often than that, and I might need therapy. Don't get me wrong, I try to avoid likening myself to Ebenezer Scrooge or Dr. Seuss's Grinch, but...