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NYC National Debt Clock runs out of digits

Published October 8, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style...

1 dead in Knoxville mall shooting

Published October 8, 2008

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) âÄî A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities...

Higher Ed act imposes new requirements

Published October 8, 2008

A 29-word addition to the Higher Education Opportunity Act enacted in August will require federally funded international programs to âÄúreflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views.âÄù...

Gophers fall in the polls after loss to Robert Morris at Ridder Arena

Published October 8, 2008

After splitting games with Robert Morris University last weekend, the Minnesota womenâÄôs hockey team dropped from No. 3 to No. 7 in the USA Today/USA Hockey womenâÄôs poll. Minnesota-Duluth...

Obama widens lead over McCain in Minnesota after VP debate

Published October 7, 2008

Barack Obama âÄôs support among Minnesotans increased after ThursdayâÄôs Vice Presidential debate, according to the results of a poll released today by the Humphrey Institute of Public...

Execs’ posh retreat after bailout angers lawmakers

Published October 7, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Less than a week after the federal government had to bail out American International Group Inc., the company sent executives on a $440,000 retreat to a posh California resort, lawmakers...

Graduate astronomy student Dan Weisz stands in front of the telescope observatory on the roof of the Tate Lab of Physics on Monday.  Weisz is part of a group of researchers using the Hubble telescope to compare the development of different galaxies.

U astronomers chart galaxy formation

Published October 7, 2008

University astronomy professor Evan Skillman and graduate student Dan Weisz are expanding our corner of the universe, one star at a time. Last week, the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey , or ANGST, a collaboration...

Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4

Published October 7, 2008

(AP) âÄî In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an...

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Honors continue to roll in for Tan

Published October 6, 2008

Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and junior libero Christine Tan have become interchangeable words these days. Tan racked up her third consecutive honor this week, the first player in the history of...

Steve Goodson, asst. men’s basketball coach, was named Cosmo magazine’s most eligible bachelor for Minnesota.  “I was a little a little over whelmed at first and I didn’t know what to think,” comments Goodson.

Asst. basketball coach named Minnesota’s most eligible bachelor

Published October 6, 2008

A Gophers menâÄôs basketball coach has scored some points of his own in a popular womenâÄôs magazine. On Monday, Cosmopolitan magazine named Steve Goodson, special assistant to head coach...

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