A new online storage facility for the digital conversion of library materials is an elephant, both in name and in size. HathiTrust, which is named after the Hindi word for elephant, was launched last Monday...

Minneapolis is being courted this week to host another menâÄôs basketball Final Four, which generated more than $47 million in revenue last year in San Antonio. Two members of the NCAA MenâÄôs...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann spent months building her profile through appearances on "Larry King Live" and other TV talk shows. It took only a few minutes of airtime, and one...

The University of Minnesota will operate a new $2.5 million biotechnology research and business development center at the MinnWest Technology Campus in Willmar, Minn. Plans for the Mid-Central Biosciences...

Bye-bye boating, aloha ATVs. The University of Minnesota Tourism Center has found in recent years that young people around the ages of 18 to 24 are finding new, more thrilling ways to be active outdoors....

The Association of American Medical Colleges announced Thursday itâÄôs starting a comprehensive review of the Medical College Admission Test . The process is expected to take several years, and...

As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that children get a flu shot in order to attend preschools and day-care centers. The decision should...

The Minnesota Nurses Association, which represents about 20,000 nurses across the state, announced Tuesday that they are withdrawing from the American Nurses Association. The MNA made the decision through...

Events throughout St. Paul and Minneapolis Wednesday hope to contain HIV among Latinos in the community while informing them as well. Gov. Tim Pawlenty has designated Oct. 15 as Latino AIDS Awareness Day...

President George W. Bush signed into law last Thursday a bill that would keep seriously ill college students on their parentsâÄô medical insurance plans, even if they have to drop to below full-time...