Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades.
News in :90 — Jan. 16, 2013
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.
Plans in the works for Senior Week 2013
While the Senior Class Council already has plans in the works for Senior Week come May, the group will most likely be turning to the senior student body for more ideas.
Facebook unveils social search feature
If you’ve ever wanted to know the most popular TV shows among your Facebook friends who are doctors, or wanted to see all the photos any of your friends have taken in Paris, the world’s biggest online social network has the answer.
News in :90 — Jan. 15, 2013
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.
Financial aid cuts loom over students
Many people are experiencing financial woe as a result of the government’s efforts to reduce the country’s deficit, and if they aren’t feeling the effects already, students could be next.
Will longer school year help or hurt US students?
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a chief proponent of the longer school year, says American students have fallen behind the world academically.
CA school shooting teen charged as adult
A 16-year-old accused of shooting and wounding a classmate at a California high school was charged as an adult on Monday, prosecutors said.
News in :90 — Jan. 14, 2013
This is News in :90 for Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.
Indiana father forgives parents, wants to see son
An Indiana man says he forgives his parents for abducting his son nearly 20 years ago and raising the boy themselves.
Bear famous for Internet births has 2 more cubs
A black bear that became famous for giving birth live over the Internet has done it again.
Millions of flood relief dollars sit untapped
Millions of dollars in relief loan money sit unclaimed more than six months after heavy flooding hit northeastern Minnesota.
Minneapolis officials plan to regulate pedal pubs
Minneapolis officials plan to hold hearings this month on so-called “pedal pubs.”
MN woman survives night in partly submerged car
Plymouth police say a 67-year-old woman survived a chilly night after her car drove off the road into a frigid pond.
Official: Abducted Ind. boy’s mother lived in car
In 2006, an 18-year-old Minnesota man legally changed his name to Michael Jeff Landers. Six years later, authorities determined Landers was really the Indiana child who had been abducted by his paternal grandparents in 1994.