In 1960, little-known U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., debated favored Republican presidential candidate Vice President Richard Nixon before an estimated 75 million television viewers. In the following...

Now that Minnesota judicial candidates are allowed to state their positions on issues, Jack Baker has one he would like to raise. The Minneapolis attorney and engineer is challenging Justice Paul Anderson...

Less than a year ago, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, said U.S. involvement in international affairs was the best way to avoid future terrorist attacks. But whether that public concern with international...

WBy Marcus Mrowka U-WIRE Washington Bureau ASHINGTON (U-WIRE) - With a U.S. military attack on Iraq pending, the debate between the Bush administration and key members of Congress over the use of force...

SBy Andrew Williams Daily O'Collegian Oklahoma State University TILLWATER, Okla. (U-WIRE) - Agricultural leaders from across the United States met in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to discuss Cuba's rise as...

Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tim Penny talked to University students and shook hands on the East Bank campus Wednesday afternoon. Penny fielded questions as general as basic platform issues...

He may be a lame duck governor, but Jesse Ventura has plenty to say on everything from a war on Iraq to higher education. Appearing as the first guest on the college tour of MSNBC's "Hardball", Ventura...

The Minnesota DFL sponsored an unorthodox fund-raiser at a University-area bar and grill Tuesday night in hopes of attracting the college vote. U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., had planned to make an...

For the first time since 1974, Minnesota judicial candidates are able to speak their minds during their campaigns. That permission was granted by a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling at the end of June that...

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak launched Voting Power Twin Cities on Monday, a program designed to increase local voter turnout by 10 percent. "Voter turnout in the primaries is the lowest it's been in modern...