The U.S. Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Friday that additional study of health effects from an estrogen-like chemical found in hard plastic water bottles and other food and beverage packaging...

ItâÄôs not just student-athletes being judged on their academic performance anymore. Coaches could soon be getting grades of their own. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors instructed the Committee...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Calling Batman: Cave owner Steve Rush has a deal for you. Rush, 49, is auctioning off the Mystic Caverns in the hills of Ozark Mountains on eBay. The 28-acre property in Arkansas...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough. It's a finding that could help justify...

Big Ten womenâÄôs basketball is getting personal. With Gopher womenâÄôs basketball season starting on Sunday , the University of Minnesota is starting to use grant money awarded last spring...

HOUSTON (AP) _ After another quarter and more record profits for Exxon Mobil, Big Oil's run may be coming to an end. Even as the world's largest publicly traded oil company shattered its own U.S. record...

Driving three hours for a college visit may be a thing of the past for high school students as a new online resource allows college students to post their own reviews about the school they attend. Unigo.com,...

Coaches might soon be held to a new academic standard, which could help or hurt them if they apply for different coaching positions in the NCAA. The NCAA Committee on Academic Performance held meetings...

A genomics research project at the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic received $1.2 million under a $7 million Minnesota state grant program, according to information released Thursday. The project,...

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...