The advocates for a document that outlines principles for sustaining the environment and working toward world peace hope to have it endorsed by the United Nations, they said while meeting at the University...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Target Corp., Gap Inc. and five other U.S. retailers that buy clothing made on Saipan agreed Thursdayto pay $11.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging factory sweatshop...

A day after reports the University will likely proceed in the purchase of telescope time on Arizona's Mount Graham, opponents voiced their concern and disappointment. Fifteen people gathered outside Hubbard...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The frost over parts of Minnesota on Tuesday morning probably killed a lot of mosquitoes and put the spread of West Nile virus on ice. But the mosquito-borne illness will be back next...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Two "bomb explosions." Twenty-eight people "injured." Eighteen people "killed." Those were some of the statistics officials were reviewing after a training exercise that simulated...

Losing a tobacco distributor isn't the most important concern for Erika Zurawski. As one of the 30-plus people protesting Friday the closing of the Dinkytown Tobacco Shop, she said she is angered by "the...

Wearing jeans, a University sweatshirt and a backpack to class, she's an unassuming princess. But Sarah Olson was wearing a sparkling dress, glittering crown and banner less than a month ago. Crowned the...

Many students see their place on the business ladder as somewhere near the bottom rung. Whether they're trying to get lower prices, better service or recognition for their ideas at work, students find...

If all goes as planned, legislators and Gov. Jesse Ventura will have allocated flood relief funding for northern Minnesota as early as 1 p.m. Thursday. At noon, legislators will meet for a special session,...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will use dogs and hunters to find and kill the bear that attacked a University researcher Sunday. Dennis Stauffer, spokesman for the DNR, said on Wednesday...