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...

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...

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...

The NCAA invested in two officiating management companies in an effort to improve fairness of college athletics. Working collaboratively with The Arbiter and Excel Sports Officiating , the NCAA will head...

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...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area...