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...

President Clinton's recent proposal aimed at teen-age welfare mothers once again ignores half of this growing social dilemma: the fathers. Effective welfare reform needs to clearly state what responsibilities...

Plans are underway at Facilities Management to convert an old theater in Scott Hall into storage space for the maintenance department. The theater served as an outlet for the School of Music's opera productions...

SELBY, S.D. (AP) -- Nicholas A. Scherr of Mobridge pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter for slaying Candace Rough Surface, a young Standing Rock Sioux Indian woman, nearly...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) -- Hundreds of law enforcement officers from Minnesota and surrounding states joined community members Tuesday to mourn the death of Rice County Deputy Sheriff John Liebenstein. Bagpipes...