Gastrointestinal bug sickens 100-plus at university
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Officials say more than 100 students at an eastern Pennsylvania university were stricken last week with what appears to be a gastrointestinal …
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KSU researchers develop heat-tolerant wheat
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Two Kansas State University researchers are developing a type of wheat that will tolerate hotter temperatures. The issue is that wheat kernels shrivel …
Old error puts school district breakfast program at risk
CALDWELL, Idaho — An old clerical error has put a school district in southwest Idaho in a bind over its free breakfast program. In 2003, an …
Sen. Braynon gets boost for MDC North campus
PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
HBCUs target Palm Beach students
PHOTO COURTESY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY WEST PALM BEACH — A record $2.6 million in college scholarships and 1,162 college admissions were …
College completion gap between rich, poor widens
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO LOS ANGELES — The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation’s richest and poorest students by age 24 has doubled during the last …
Education destroys the grip of homelessness
PHOTO COURTESY OF KHARY BRUNING/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES When they came to Miami from Las Vegas in 2014, Robin Gottschalk and her pregnant daughter …
Government policy change aims to help first-time homebuyers secure financing
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Uncle Sam wants to make it more affordable for Americans to buy their first home. The recent policy changes …
IRS taking steps to try to protect against identity theft
By CAROLE FELDMAN WASHINGTON — Rejected. A notice from the Internal Revenue Service saying your return won’t be accepted might be your first clue that …
Nova offers $1 million for aviation students
DAVIE — Since the day humans took to the skies in flying machines, young boys and girls have dreamed of becoming pilots. Posters of the …