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
Anthem bids $48 billion for Cigna to create health giant
By TOM MURPHY and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) _ Anthem is buying rival Cigna for $48 billion in a deal that …
Explosion at Santa Fe medical marijuana dispensary
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ Firefighters say an explosion and fire at a medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Fe has left two people hospitalized. The …
Business
House committee proposes $150M for roads, $70M for Volvo
By SEANNA ADCOX COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The House’s budget-writing committee advanced Monday plans to put $150 million of additional revenue toward fixing existing roads …
Connecticut bill attempts to tackle high winter power costs
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A bill that attempts to reduce high electricity bills that many New England consumers pay each winter is moving to the …
Woman tosses Apple computer that turns out to be worth $200K
MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) _ Her electronic waste is someone else’s treasure. A recycling center in the Silicon Valley is looking for a woman who dropped …
Education
Vermont educators to discuss grant for biomedical research
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, University of Vermont President Thomas Sullivan and other higher education officials are going to be talking about …
Study: Rape prevention training works, cuts sex assault risk
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A program that taught college women ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the chances they would …
Classes at 2 Greensboro schools canceled after E.coli found
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) _ Classes at two Greensboro schools have been canceled after water tested positive for E.coli. Guilford County Schools announced Wednesday that Bessemer …
Sports
Bucks coach Jason Kidd looks ahead to bright future
By JIM HOEHN MILWAUKEE (AP) _ Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd looked ahead to what he sees as a bright future, rather than dwell on …
Rays blank Orioles 2-0 in strange `home’ game for Baltimore
By MARK DIDTLER ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ Alex Colome and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Baltimore 2-0 …
Police drop charges against Alabama DB Cyrus Jones
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) _ Tuscaloosa police have dropped domestic violence charges against Alabama cornerback Cyrus Jones. Police said in a statement Friday that probable cause …
