SoFlo Live
KAREN STEPHENS IN ‘POTUS’: The award-winning South Florida favorite returns Jan. 9 – 26 to the Carnival Studio Theater of Miami’s Arsht Center for the …
New Orleans mourns victims of truck attack with tearful vigil and celebration of life
New Orleans (AP) — New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup …
Health and Wellness
‘Giving Garden’ volunteers farm fresh produce for food bank
By IZASKUN LARRANETA The (New London) Day MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) _ The garden at Coogan Farm looks like a typical patch of farmland planted with …
Studies: Widely used diabetes drugs seem safe for the heart
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Some widely used diabetes medicines help control blood sugar without the heart risks suggested by earlier research, new …
Business
Talks to begin on Capitol Hill budget measure
WASHINGTON (AP) – Cuts to Medicare and the health care law and almost $40 billion in unrequested money for overseas war-fighting operations top the agenda …
China’s Central Bank to cut bank reserve requirement
BEIJING (AP) – China’s Central Bank said Sunday that it will cut its bank reserve requirement ratio by 1 percentage point to stimulate more lending …
World finance leaders see threats ahead for global economy
WASHINGTON (AP) – The world’s financial leaders see a number of threats facing a global economy still on an uneven road to recovery with U.S. …
Education
Middle school students find inspiration at school forest
By PHILLIP BOCK HTR Media TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) _ Groups of young writers from area schools returned to the forest last month to find …
8 hospitalized following school bus crash
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) _ Authorities say a school bus crash in the Florida Panhandle sent five students, two adults and a baby to the …
New standardized tests bring technical challenges, concern
By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Call this the year of the test. Or, at least the year of standardized test mania. …
Sports
Former Miami baseball coach Ron Fraser dies
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) _ Ron Fraser coached the national teams from two different countries, is a member of 10 different Halls of Fame, won …
Steroids loom in major college football, but little testing done
WASHINGTON (AP) — With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or …
Player barred from team over tweet about Obama
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) _ The University of North Alabama says a walk-on football player won’t be allowed back on the team after sending a tweet …