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Details suggest Palin’s e-mail account was vulnerable because hacker impersonated her

Published September 19, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Details emerged Thursday behind the break-in of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account, including a first-hand account suggesting it was vulnerable...

Colon X-ray seen as effective at spotting cancer

Published September 18, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) _ A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect. Medicare is already...

Proposed national center would assist in campus safety

Published September 18, 2008

Congress is considering a bill that would create a National Center on Campus Public Safety , which would be responsible for training schools in public safety techniques. The bill was introduced Sept. 8...

Dean Barkley’s candidacy and what it means in 2008

Published September 16, 2008

Dean Barkley still remembers the first room he lived in when he came to the University in 1968 âÄî Frontier Hall , room 301. Now, the University alumnus and Minnesota native finds himself gaining...

Racing against time, crews try to reach those feared stranded in Hurricane Ike’s floodwaters

Published September 15, 2008

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) âÄî Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped...

Questions follow unusually fast announcement of probable cause in LA deadly rail wreck

Published September 15, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) âÄî In a surprisingly swift assessment, the operators of the commuter train involved in the head-on crash that killed at least 25 people blamed its engineer for the horrific accident....

University graduate student Jonathan Pearce won the 4th annual Minnesota Cup Student Competition on Thursday at McNamara Alumni Center. His entry, Zipnosis, allows patients and doctors to conduct secure electronic visits.

Minnesota Cup awards $5,000 to University student

Published September 12, 2008

Electronic diagnosis of that nagging sinus infection or earache just got a little closer to becoming a viable option for patients. Jonathan Pearce is the founder of Zipnosis, which develops software to...

Cars, trucks stream inland in Texas as Ike nears

Published September 12, 2008

HOUSTON (AP) âÄî Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened...

McCain, Obama put politics aside to mark Sept. 11

Published September 12, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama made ground zero their common ground for one rare day, free of politics and infused with memory. Putting their partisan contest...

Party platforms look at education policy

Published September 11, 2008

In what can be a confusing election year, the nationâÄôs political parties want to make their positions on the issues clear. Party platforms, created during each presidential election, are meant...

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