LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) -- U.S. nuclear weapons production and storage centers are vulnerable to earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters, government scientists warn. In worst-case scenarios,...

Here we were, believing the debacle surrounding Dr. John Najarian's storied career at the University of Minnesota had come to an end. But thanks to Gov. Arne Carlson and his ever active imagination, we...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Fans are snatching up anything with Kirby Puckett on it -- collectors' cards, baseballs, posters, jerseys and other memorabilia. Ripley Peterson, manager of Field of Dreams in the Mall...

Excitement surrounding an innovative AIDS treatment is raising hopes that researchers are close to discovering a cure for the killer virus. A potent combination of drugs that work together to diminish...

Opponents of the proposed merger between the University Hospital and Fairview Health Systems were denied a time slot at the regents' July meeting. But they had a chance to express their opinions Thursday...

During his life University physicist Edward P. Ney's accomplishments ranged from assisting in the development of the first atomic bomb to inspiring students to question authority. Ney died of heart failure...

More than $150 million in University Hospital and Clinic assets could be transferred to Fairview Health System as part of the proposed merger between the two health care providers. University officials...

A former University employee who confessed to firing a shot in University President Nils Hasselmo's office checked into Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis after being released from jail June...

Tenure revisions will wait until this fall, said the Board of Regents on Thursday. And while regents expressed continued support for proposed tenure changes suggested by the Faculty Senate, at least two...

Gov. Arne Carlson's insistence Wednesday that officials reimburse Dr. John Najarian for legal fees and reinstate the surgeon as a tenured professor was the latest in a string of demands the governor has...