How good is ‘Wicked’? It could sweep another million awards
“I’ve heard it said. That people come into our lives for a reason …” That poet lyric is from the song “For Good,” arguably the …
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Health and Wellness
US seeks to block sales of Iowa firm’s dietary supplements
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) _ An Iowa company has been selling potentially unsafe dietary supplements and falsely advertising them as treatments for diseases ranging from …
Blue-green algae spotted on Lake Champlain in Burlington
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ Blue-green algae has been spotted again on Lake Champlain. Vermont Public Radio reports (http://bit.ly/1dS8qUW ) that the Vermont Department of Health …
Business
Proposal seeks to dim NYC skyline at night to save energy
By DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) _ Bright lights, big city? Not so much, if a New York City council member gets his way. He’s …
Bills on breastfeeding, booze sales move through Legislature
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Talk of the state budget has dominated the 2015 legislative session in New Hampshire, with other high-profile items …
Chinese billionaire gives France vacation to 6,400 workers
NICE, France (AP) _ The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,400 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in …
Education
Lawmaker says school sports proposal benefits home-schoolers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The state lawmaker who authored a measure that would allow private, home-schooled and online charter students to participate in public school …
Lawmakers begin looking at school funding
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) _ State lawmakers and educators have started the process of refiguring the way schools are funded in Wyoming. The so-called “recalibration’’ process …
$33M renovations planned at Illinois State’s student center
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois State University plans a nearly $33 million renovation of the campus’ Bone Student Center. The four-story center was built in …
Sports
5 Reasons Kids Should Play Organized Sports
PHOTO COURTESY OF galleryhip.com By Danyel Surrency Jones and Darnell Jones In the past 30 years, obesity has more than doubled in young children …
Lynch’s next scripted answer: ‘You know why I’m here’
By ROB MAADDIPHOENIX — Marshawn Lynch found a new way to say nothing. A day after giving the same one-sentence response at Super Bowl Media Day, …
