ATLANTA (AP) -- No last-place finisher in a marathon ever has been greeted more royally. And no one likely has finished quite so last. The band played a fanfare as A. Baser Wasiqi of Afghanistan entered...

People who live and work in the Prospect Park area, which borders the East Bank campus on its east side, are raising a stink over an odor that has plagued the neighborhood since the beginning of summer. The...

Crime prevention and neighborhood renewal will be the subject of lawn chair conversations Tuesday at National Night Out celebrations around the University. More than 30 neighborhood block parties are...

Will someone please send the editorial writers at the Daily to a remedial economics class? The editorial "Balanced budget may hamper, not help U.S.," published in the July 22 edition of the Daily, was...

His face, name and history have been everywhere in the last week. Security guard Richard Jewell, 33, was hailed as a hero after spotting a suspicious backpack that ultimately exploded early July 27 in...

Starting today, University commuters will have to cope with yet another detour. The area between Jones Hall and Fourth Street Southeast, Pleasant Street and 15th Avenue Southeast will be closed. It will...

Here's a trivia question for you. Who said, "It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut...

Milt Schoen, a Hennepin County Veterans Service Officer, remembers a homeless veteran who found a job using the employment service at Minnesota StandDown in 1993. A year later, the man was able to give...

The seeding committee for the San Juan Shootout basketball tournament has selected the Gophers men's team as the No. 1 seed for the 1996 event, which will take place in late November and early December. The...

A former employee filed charges of disability discrimination against the University Monday in federal court. Diane Krumrie TeGantvoort claims her supervisor harassed and discriminated against her after...