F By Al Milgrom or local Salma Hayek fans, the long-delayed transformation of the sultry Hollywood sex symbol into surrealist painter Frida Kahlo begins this weekend. For local Frida Kahlo fans, the celebrated...

The FBI opened a preliminary inquiry Tuesday into the possible kidnapping of University senior Chris Jenkins, who has been missing since Thursday. Coleen Rowley, special agent in the FBI's Minneapolis...

W By Kelly Custer hen Gov. Jesse Ventura leaves his office in January, a new governor could have the power to change the family planning system in Minnesota. Not only could the state's choice for governor...

The Minneapolis Police Department began an investigation into the disappearance of University senior Chris Jenkins on Monday. An official missing person's report was filed with the Minneapolis police....

After months of presidential visits, threats of legal action and volley after volley of ads, an intense and raucous gubernatorial race featuring four major-party candidates is almost over. Few will venture...

Democratic State Rep. Phyllis Kahn represents the University's Minneapolis campus area and faces no opposition in Tuesday's election after the state Supreme Court ruled that her opponent's name be taken...

The Minnesota Senate race will end much the way it began - with national attention and close Democratic and Republican competition. However, former Vice President Walter Mondale became the DFL Party candidate...

Chris Jenkins, a Carlson School of Management student and captain of the University's lacrosse team, has been missing since Thursday night, say friends and family members. Jenkins, 21, was last seen Thursday...

T By Jake Weyer hursday might have been Halloween, but for many University students the festivities won't begin until this weekend in arguably one of the spookiest places around: Wisconsin. Enter the University...

O By Nick Mueller n a stage containing little more than the outline of a rust-colored house, the lives of a Hispanic family living in Minneapolis unfold. With a couple of magic words, a trunk containing...