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
Marijuana opponents using racketeering law to fight industry
By KRISTEN WYATT DENVER (AP) _ DENVER (AP) _ A federal law crafted to fight the mob is giving marijuana opponents a new strategy in …
Company plans to test new technology to vaporize hog waste
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A company plans to start testing new vaporizing technology on hog waste produced at the Sandy River Farm in Conway …
Business
Target settlement with MasterCard fails to get bank support
By BREE FOWLER AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ A $19 million deal between Target and MasterCard to settle lawsuits stemming from the retailer’s …
Timeline: Key steps among companies in animal welfare
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer Major animal-welfare moves announced by food and retail companies since 2012: _ FEBRUARY 2012: McDonald’s Corp. requires its U.S. …
Lumber Liquidators CEO quits, catching company off guard
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Lumber Liquidators CEO Robert Lynch has abruptly quit the company that is embroiled in an …
Education
School official presses charges for cheering at graduation
By JEFF AMY JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Ursula Miller knew that when she shouted her niece’s name after she received her diploma at a north …
US investigating gender bias claims in U. Iowa athletics
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) _ A federal office will investigate the University of Iowa’s handling of gender bias complaints …
2 Connecticut public high schools axe midterm exams
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) _ Students at two public high schools in central Connecticut are no lingering taking midterm exams. The Record-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1RIZK2b …
Sports
Riley: No excuses will come from Heat for this season
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) _ Pat Riley finds himself leaning his head to the left quite a bit these days. There’s …
Wade’s summer will be spent thinking ahead
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) _ Dwyane Wade is thinking about retirement. No, it’s not imminent. That being said, there is a …
Ortiz suspended 1 game by MLB for making contact with umpire
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ Boston designated hitter David Ortiz was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball on Tuesday. MLB said …
