As I sat with the 454 diehards at the Gophers-St. Cloud State baseball game Tuesday night, my mind casually wandered from what was happening on the field to a Hootie and the Blowfish song. As alarming...

The mobile office of Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minn., will visit Coffman Memorial Union on Thursday, although the congressman himself won't be there. The visit -- to address concerns and questions about federal...

CorrectionTuesday's column, "Teamster reformers battle corruption," should have said the Teamsters Local 320 was ordered to pay for a mailing of Rank and File campaign literature.

The University of Minnesota is a rape-free zone this week. The writing isn't on the wall, but rather on the sidewalks. The sidewalks, of course, are where every rapist looks as one chooses one's next...

We all knew the whole Minnesota Nice routine would have to go wrong someday. There's no way the collective citizenry of one state could possibly keep up the act forever. Around the country, if you mention...

In the eyes of Robert Erickson, professor emeritus at the College of Natural Resources, conservation isn't just a good idea for the environment; it can make money, too. Erickson retired from his position...

What a terrible way for the St. Cloud State baseball team to end its 1996 season -- a 19-6 loss to the Gophers at Siebert Field on Tuesday. The Huskies, who are not playoff bound after going 4-8 in the...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Pale, impassive, wearing a baggy blue suit and flanked by U.N. guards, a 40-year-old Serb faced international justice Tuesday in the first war crimes trial to come out of...

The Gophers women's tennis team got a taste of the future this past weekend at the NCAA Midwest Regional Tennis Tournament. Playing Mississippi, the No. 13 team in the country, in the semifinals of the...

HIDALGO, Texas (AP) -- A group known for trying to transport caravans of aid to Cuba and Central America headed to this border city Tuesday on a mission to deliver supplies to the war-torn Mexican state...