MDC students mentor migrant kids, help them write their own books
HOMESTEAD — Students at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Homestead Campus are giving back to the community by mentoring migrant children to write books to call …
Robert Cray Band, Shemekia Copeland come to Parker Playhouse
FORT LAUDERDALE — Five-time Grammy Award-winner Robert Cray brings the Robert Cray Band to Parker Playhouse with special guest Shemekia Copeland at 7:30 p.m. tonight. …
2-time plane crash survivor Austin Hatch now student aide
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) _ The highlights from Austin Hatch’s first season at Michigan still resonate, even as he gives up his playing role on …
Belton school district investigates bullying, hurtful emails
BELTON, Mo. (AP) _ Officials in a suburban Kansas City school system have started an investigation into bullying emails that are coming through district-issued iPads. …
Mylan rejects Teva’s $40.1 billion buyout offer
NEW YORK (AP) _ Mylan N.V. rejected Teva Pharmaceuticals’ $40.1 billion buyout offer, saying the cash-and-stock proposal undervalues the company. Mylan said that it won’t …
Nearly 200 Bosnian preschool children suffer food poisoning
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) _ Authorities in Bosnia’s capital have declared a food poisoning epidemic after nearly 200 preschool children became sick at public day care …
Apple’s Mac is selling strong, iPad not so much
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Apple’s iPhone was again the company’s star in the first three months of the year. …
Synthetic weed users flooding into Pennsylvania hospitals
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) _ A dramatic increase in hospitalizations tied to synthetic marijuana is hitting eastern Pennsylvania, officials said. The Morning Call reported (http://bit.ly/1HmHdq5) that …
Nissan gives $500,000 to Mississippi history museums
CANTON, Miss. (AP) _ Nissan Motor Co. is donating $500,000 to help fund exhibits and a dining area at two Mississippi history museums being built …
Tuition freeze’s fate uncertain at Capitol this year
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Students at Minnesota’s public colleges may have to brace for a tuition bump. Tuition freezes at the state’s two postsecondary …