WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States wants warring factions in Zaire to promise a cease-fire before U.S. and allied troops agree to move in and assure the delivery of relief aid to a million refugees,...

When she heard the news that Minnesota would play Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament, Gophers senior Mikki Denney thought she was dreaming. A native of Omaha, Neb., Denney had been...

Six meets and two-and-a-half months of preparation have passed since the men's cross country team started its season. Saturday morning in Champaign, Ill., the Gophers will race in the most important competition...

Many people think of the diagnosis of HIV as a death sentence, but Michael Kaplan said it was the beginning of a "new life," one of activism and awareness. Kaplan, who is gay and HIV-positive, spoke to...

Clem Haskins didn't like it when the Gophers men's basketball team allowed 67 points in an exhibition game last week against Lithuania. The coach constantly preaches defense and when his team allowed...

This year's presidential campaign was the most expensive in history -- expenditures doubled those of 1992. With elections hinging on media saturation (meaning expensive TV ads) the conventional wisdom...

On November 11, 1995, the Gophers hockey team lost to Denver 6-4 at Mariucci Arena. Little did Minnesota know that it would be Feb. 2 until it lost again. What came between the two losses was 18 wins...

Apparently, Angie Iverson was the only one on the court who didn't know she was on the verge of breaking the Gophers women's basketball scoring record in Thursday's game against the Latvia-Lithuania Select...

The American Cancer Society released data Thursday indicating that for the first time the overall number of cancer-related deaths in the United States is on a steady decline. The study determined that...

He is a scientist with much to brag about, but University Professor of Agronomy Don Rasmusson is humble about the extent his work in barley crop varieties has affected agriculture. "Crop variety is only...