Gophers hockey player Erik Rasmussen traveled to St. Louis for Saturday's NHL draft knowing he would be among the top 10 overall picks. There wasn't much pressure on the 6-foot-2-inch, 191-pound forward...

Rainbow balloons and flags flew over Loring Park this weekend as gay, lesbian, bi and transgender people celebrated the pride they feel in themselves and their community. Members of the University's gay,...

A 36-year-old U.S. trade embargo that restricts the travel of U.S citizens to Cuba isn't stopping University student Gerardo Lopez from going there this summer. "Cuba is Latin America, and we hardly ever...

It's been nearly two years since Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl, was raped and strangled to death. She died at the hands of a twice-convicted sex offender who -- unbeknownst to anyone in the...

The newly named Minnesota Reform Party endorsed University alumnus Dean Barkley Saturday at its state convention. Barkley will contest incumbent Senator Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., in November's U.S. Senate...

The new hockey and tennis facility will be located where the 14 outdoor tennis courts next to Mariucci Arena stand right now. Women's athletics director Chris Voelz said that space will be utilized by...

Last week marked another advance in the democratic bond between the United States and Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu presented his government to parliament. Contrary to the concerns some people have expressed...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Arab leaders said Sunday that Israel risks setting back the peace process and its budding economic ties with the Arab world if it changes the ground rules for negotiations. The leaders...

Correction A story in Monday's Daily, "Board's tenure decision may beget a faculty union," misstated the number of the top 30 research institutions in the nation with a unionized faculty. None of the...

Last October, University dental student Joel Kaines and his wife Kirsten were running around an area lake and crossed paths with a friend. That friend, whom the Kaines' jokingly refer to as a "non-runner",...