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 Performing Arts in 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
Death toll in Egypt’s punishing heat wave rises to 76
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Egypt’s health minister says 17 more people have died due to an “unprecedented” heat wave, raising this week’s death toll to …
The Latest: Mine leak water has likely reached Lake Powell
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) _ The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Utah officials say that contaminated water from a mine …
Business
Greece says it will never accept wage, pension cuts
ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece will never accept cuts in pensions and wages or extra taxes on necessities such as electricity, a government official says. …
Homebuilders Standard Pacific, Ryland Group agree to merger
By ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Standard Pacific Corp. and Ryland Group Inc. have agreed to merge in an all-stock …
Los Angeles raises minimum wage to $15 per hour
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has signed into law a measure that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an …
Education
Disabled students earn flight certificates at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) _ A program at Purdue University will have helped 27 physically disabled people earn their pilot certificates by the end of …
UW College Of Education initiative moves forward
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) _ A University of Wyoming Board of Trustees initiative to boost the college into national prominence in teacher preparation continues to advance. …
16k Md. students impacted by an SAT error
BALTIMORE (AP) _ Roughly 16,000 high school students have been affected by a printing error on this month’s SAT exams. College Board officials say the …
Sports
Yanks say A-Rod will play defense only in emergencies
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ Barring emergencies, Alex Rodriguez will not play third base or first anymore this season. New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi …
Accusations spoil spring for Illini coach Tim Beckman
By DAVID MERCER URBANA, Ill. (AP) _ This is a week in which Tim Beckman would otherwise be preparing to watch some of his players …
Coach: Jackson not enrolled at Florida following arrest
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Talented and troubled cornerback J.C. Jackson is no longer enrolled at Florida following an arrest. Coach Jim McElwain says Wednesday that …
