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....

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) âÄî By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook and...

[email protected] Student-athletes might soon be able to use online classes to be eligible for competition. The NCAA will next week decide on a proposal that would allow student-athletes to take these...