Family, friends, school mourn death of Trevor Morris, 11, in snowmobile accident in Cheboygan
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- Friday nights at Lake Fenton High School during football season just won't be the same. After each home game, three generations of Knuths -- Trevor Morris, 11, his grandfather Orlin Knuth and uncle Kevin Knuth...

Trying to teach class is an education in itself
In the final installment of a series about the difficulties of finding work at age 50 in a tough job market, columnist Michael Riley tries his hand at teaching ...If I ever have to forsake my journalism career and start over, the best option for me might be teaching.

Profiles of Success: College education helps open doors
["My degree in construction science allowed me the opportunities to intern and work for other construction firms before coming back to work in the family business."

Autopsy Completed On Jett Travolta
A U.S. pathologist will be in the Bahamas today to assist in the autopsy of the only son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Jett Travolta, who was found unconscious in the family's Bahams vacation home and later pronounced dead.

Homegrown education
BARNARD -- Levi Adema, 15, likes to joke about his life as a home--schooled student....

Slaughter Stands Up to Gas Companies
The question you've been asking about gas prices and the cheaper prices in neighboring states is the question Louise Slaughter has asked the world's largest oil companies.

Professor loved education, humor
For Miami Dade College engineering professor Ignacio Warner, even a chocolate batido had to be properly constructed. His diabetes notwithstanding, he regularly ordered the thick milkshakes at La Caretta, a Cuban restaurant near his home in Key Biscayne.

Education News Briefs
The Henry T Wing School PTA is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Sandwich school's opening in 1928 with two celebrations. On Jan 8 (the 80th school day), "Hip Hip Hooray, Wing is 80" will feature guest speakers including former alumni or faculty.

Smokers With Stroke In The Family 6 Times More Likely To Have Stroke Too
A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the December 31, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology and will appear in the January 6, 2009, print issue of Neurology®.

New Texas House speaker could be a boon for big cities
AUSTIN ? Joe Straus, the likely Texas House speaker in-waiting, told reporters today that he wanted to tackle health care, transportation and education ? issues that are priorities for big cities, including Big D.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, at a glance
NAME _ Steven Paul Jobs. AGE _ 53. Born Feb. 24, 1955. EDUCATION _ Dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., after one year. CAREER _ Founded Apple in 1976 with high school friend Steve Wozniak. Resigned in 1985 after scuffle with board. That year,...

Dishing it out
Bereft of conventional first-mover advantages, Dish TV is striving to stay ahead with depth and width. It is time to monetise both, and then some. There is a new mirth, laced with a hint of snigger, pervading the Dish TV office in Film City, the one in Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi.

Letters to the President: Help people to afford to get well and to get an education
Press Photo/Dave RaczkowskiWriting on health care: Beth Pasikowski, 24, seen holding her son, Ronan. works at a free clinic.in Grand Rapids. At right is the family cat, Jackson. LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT ? Tell President-elect Barack Obama about change you...

Karen Russo, Sac Union Columnist
Yesterday (Sunday) 45 rockets and missiles hit southern Israel, but none hit Beersheba, so here, we had a day of quiet ? except for the stream of helicopters over the house, ferrying injured soldiers to the local Soroka Hospital, which is the nearest to Aza. With every chopper that flies over, I wonder whose husband, whose father, whose son, might be in there, hurt.

Southampton suffer two-goal home defeat by Nottingham Forest
Southampton's chairman, Michael Wilde, got his excuses in early, explaining in the programme notes that he will be missing tomorrow's AGM due to a long-standing family commitment overseas. After an afternoon which featured dissent in the corporate seats that took seven stewards and a blazer to quell before three police officers arrived to speak to another middle-aged dissident from one of ...

More US schools getting in tune with mariachi
Jose Perez often butted heads with his grandfather, who emigrated from Mexico years ago and feared his U.S.-born grandson didn't appreciate the sacrifices his family made. Then the teenager started playing the music of the elder's homeland.

Rochester Residents Open Arms To Teen, Family
Flashing a handsome smile and hugging a heart-shaped pillow to his chest, 18-year-old Janarie Payton looks like any girl's dream date.

More U.S. schools getting in tune with mariachi
Mariachi education programs, long popular in parts of South Texas and California, are springing up in schools across the country to help keep the nation's largest and fastest-growing ethnic group academically engaged.

Peace Corps give one-time high-school dropout a new level of education
Despite dropping out of high school several years ago, Jennie Sawyer never gave up on getting a good education. The 31-year-old Lawrence woman would eventually get her GED, then move ahead to graduate from college.

Last Minute Applications Pour In For District 2 School Board Seat
Nearly all the applicants looking to join the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education waited until the last day to submit their application.