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
Charleston VA center serving hundreds of new patients
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ The Charleston VA Medical Center is expecting a record 10 percent growth for the fiscal year that winds up at the …
Blue Bell gets approval to resume Alabama plant production
BRENHAM, Texas (AP) _ Blue Bell can resume production and sale of ice cream manufactured at its Alabama plant, the Alabama Department of Public Health …
Business
FedEx will take $2.2B charge for pension accounting change
NEW YORK (AP) _ FedEx said it is changing its pension accounting methods, and it will take a $2.2 billion charge as a result. The …
Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ A federal appeals court ruling has cleared the way for discount contact lens retailers to drop prices …
Governor, mayor hail opening of new Uber center in Phoenix
By BOB CHRISTIE PHOENIX (AP) _ Uber on Thursday formally opened a new customer service center in Phoenix that is expected to eventually have several …
Education
Report: UK president should give State of University speech
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ A consultant has recommended that University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto give an annual State of the University address. The Lexington …
Oregon State University expansion construction to begin
BEND, Ore. (AP) _ Construction on Oregon State University’s four-year campus in Bend is set to start before July 4. The Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/1K0rf6p) the …
Bankrupt Mid-Continent University plans to sell campus
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) _ Leaders of the bankrupt and shuttered Mid-Continent University plan to put the campus up for sale. The Paducah Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1QGlA9F …
Sports
Talks underway to try and resolve Spain soccer strike
MADRID (AP) _ Spanish soccer officials and the country’s players’ union are having last-minute talks to see if they can agree to call off a …
At 28, punter Karl Schmitz finally gets shot at NFL
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) _ The labyrinthine path that 28-year-old punter Karl Schmitz took to the cusp of the …
Players Championship TV rating 3rd-highest Sunday in decade
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ Rickie Fowler’s remarkable rally and playoff victory gave The Players Championship its third-highest Sunday preliminary rating in the last decade. According …
