Before school, Bao Khang and her three younger siblings often tussle over who’s using the upstairs bathroom. But it’s not as bad as it was before, when her three older sisters and two older...

EDINA, Minn. âÄì When she has a lot of homework, high school senior Tierra Davis makes the five-minute drive past the local shopping mall to a place she can concentrate. In the summer itâÄôs...

MADISON, Minn. âÄî When Ryan BergersonâÄôs acceptance letter arrived from the University of Minnesota in December, his parents waited to give it to him until after the holidays âÄî...

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal blast Iran in statement The two American hikers recently released from an Iranian prison spoke candidly yesterday about their disdain for the Iranian government. Make no mistakes...

  WAR UPDATE: Troops leave Iraq and bad goes to worse in Kabul   A suicide bomber hiding explosives in his turban assassinated former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed a government...

Your Daily Digest for Tuesday, September 13: American hikers could soon be released The Iranian government has set bail for two American hikers -- one of them a Minnesotan -- more than two years after...

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler sent his first letter on Monday to faculty across the five-campus system. He called the University the state's "glowing gem," and highlighted the need to conserve...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is once again working to boost his national profile by appearing on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and on ABC's "Good Morning America"...

The first results of an ongoing University of Minnesota study suggest that living in an orphanage can not only can hurt children psychologically but can harm them physically as well. This information could...

A miscalculation within a critical piece of equipment has already set back the construction of a $9 million Biomass Plant at the University of Minnesota-Morris more than a year, and an upcoming decision...

Members from the Minnesota Student Association are using Facebook to try and rally students against a party ordinance MSA voted to oppose during their Tuesday afternoon meeting. The ordinance, proposed...

Servicemen from the Wisconsin National Guard stationed in Iraq are being bombarded... with verbal abuse, according to Milwaukee radio station WTMJ. Detainees are rubbing Brett Favre's defection to the...

I opened my eyes, panicked, and vaulted myself out of bed to reach my ringing phone. In the process I tripped over the bedpost and landed squarely on my left shoulder. Pulling myself up by my computer...

Two days removed from his landslide victory in the Minneapolis mayoral elections, incumbent R.T. Rybak made his run for governor in 2010 official Thursday by filing to create an election committee. The...

Donna Busch relaxed on the back porch of her St. Paul home, enjoying a clear Sunday evening in mid-May. It was 1984. As she glanced up from her book, she spotted a familiar man walking toward her from...

Philosophical rifts between Ward 2 city council candidates became clear Thursday night, when they took part in The Minnesota DailyâÄôs inaugural city council debate. Incumbent Green Party candidate...

Neighborhoods surrounding the University of Minnesota have seen a spike in several different kinds of crime, many of which have been alcohol related, University police said. Some community members blame...

The University of MinnesotaâÄôs annual Spring Jam celebration will face a number of changes this April, many stemming from community outcry regarding student behavior during Spring Jam 2009, University...

In writing this story on the preference given to young investigators, a few things struck me as important. First, was the understanding by all researchers that the money available to NIH right now —...

The city of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police and Firefighters Relief associations , which administer pension funds, began a trial Monday in a case that could save the city $11 million next year in...

The Badger Herald's Adam Holt says that traditions like Madison's "Jump Around" or the dotting of the "i" at Ohio State cannot be created via facebook. We'll let it slide that the title...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis announced Wednesday it has named University of Minnesota economics professor Narayana Kocherlakota as its President and CEO. Kocherlakota, who chaired the economics...

Owners around the NFL often use the prospect of moving their teams to Los Angles as leverage against fans for new stadiums or projects requiring public funding. Now, that pressure may be applied...

When the University of Minnesota gets sued, they send high-powered attorneys to try the case. Usually. Tuesday morning, however, the University sent paralegal Mary Ford to defend a lawsuit brought by former...

Terrie Cowley , like many advocates fighting for research funding, has a cause. But with cause comes sacrifice. Cowley, president and co-founder of the TMJ association, works 30 to 40 hours a week without...

 In this economic climate, newspapers usually take any advertising they can get. That's not the case, however, for two school newspapers in the University of Wisconsin system. The Advance-Titan of...

In 2001, University of Minnesota professor Eric Schiffman received $8.2 million. He didnâÄôt win the lottery. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave Schiffman the money as a research grant...

Today I start a blog, Below The Newswhole, that highlights police reports that aren't substantial enough to make it on the site or in the paper. However, nobody claimed that these stories weren't entertaining... Woman...

Every couple days when I go to City Hall to look through police reports, I have to decide what people should, and want, to hear about. I'm pretty sure that this isn't something people should know about,...