The University will receive nearly $2 million in grants from the Bush Foundation to fund projects to train elementary and secondary school educators and strengthen academic programs at the University. The...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Top AIDS officials cautioned Sunday that overly optimistic reports of breakthroughs in AIDS treatment will raise impossibly high hopes among AIDS sufferers around the...

With any luck, future patients in need of transplants will find a plentiful supply of organs at the University. The catch, however, is that the organs to be transplanted might not come from human donors,...

The 26-year-old native of Copacabana Beach, Brazil raised his arms in jubilation at the beach volleyball court on the East River Flats Park as the crowd chanted, "Jose ... Jose ... Jose." Just moments...

When Congress raises the minimum wage, as many as 400,000 of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged work force members will lose their jobs and an unknown number of marginally profitable businesses will...

Former Gophers football player Joseph Justice appeared before a Ramsey County judge Wednesday to face charges of credit card fraud and theft. Justice, 21, was charged with three felony counts in connection...

A crowd standing on a booth-lined lawn Wednesday evening in front of Minnesota's Capitol heard the verses of rock group Eric Burdon and War's music not once, but twice. The music traveled from the main...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A federal appeals court said a judge was within her power to fine the NCAA $100 a day for every school that is late in turning over financial documents related to restricted-earnings...

Before Maurice Spiegel's invention, people held their hair in place with shellac. But Spiegel solved the sticky problem with the first water-soluble hair spray, "Style," which he invented in 1952. With...

Despite a recent dip in national crime rates, senseless killings and mindless brutality remain a formidable challenge for community leaders and law enforcement officials across the country. Stray gunfire...