World & Nation
A dozen Mississippi teachers have been stripped of their licenses for allegedly cheating on competency tests by paying up to $1,000 to exam supervisors for extra time and help with answers.
March 3, 2001
Speaking at a Little Rock college, conservative commentator Ann Coulter joked that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned.
Jan. 28, 2006
Barack Obama may have a “funny name,” as he once said, but it might just catch on among the nation’s newborns.
Nov. 7, 2008
California
California community college students who meet academic requirements will be guaranteed admission to nine historically black colleges and universities under an agreement signed by state officials Tuesday.
March 17, 2015
Obituaries
Sammy and Solomon Drake made baseball history as the first African American siblings to play in the major leagues.
March 7, 2010
Sports
Samuel Drake dies at 75; infielder for the Cubs, Mets
Entertainment & Arts
Tired, unimaginative skits only mildly enlivened by some busy performances marked the return of Second City to Orange Coast College’s Robert B.
Nov. 12, 1990
Tom Rooney’s comedy “Flip” might have benefited from more flippant performances by TheSpyAnts at the Lex.
Dec. 8, 2000
Movies
Times were apparently hard for ex-high school cheerleaders in the ‘60s.
May 2, 1998
Books
“The Secret Life of Cyndy Garvey,” last year’s stinging tell-all tome from the ex-wife of former baseball hero Steve Garvey, is in development as an ABC-TV movie.
April 8, 1990