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NEW LONDON -- Vice President Joe Biden told graduates at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony Wednesday morning that they will face new responsibilities in a changing and dangerous world. "This is not your father's Coast Guard," Biden...

Herbalife would seem to have a lot to talk about with its investors, but you'd never know it from Thursday's annual shareholder meeting in Beverly Hills. It lasted less than 15 minutes. Executives didn't address claims raised by hedge fund manager...

Nearly 60 years after she first stood in front of a classroom, my mother will retire from teaching Tuesday. She began in 1954 with a freshman English section at Miami University in Ohio where she was a graduate student. She went on to teach nursery...

The men who play baseball and soccer at Towson University, run track at the University of Delaware and wrestle, swim or golf at any number of other colleges all heard the same reason when their teams were cut: Title IX. To meet the federal law's goal of...

PHILADELPHIA - With all his talk about sugar cane, corn, casaba and fungi, Jeff White sounded like someone with a food obsession. But the ingredients he enumerated during an interview had to do with manufacturing, not a meal. His is an unconventional...

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: Villanova University named the following students to the dean's list for the fall 2012 semester: Ava Calvano, from Forest Hill, pursuing a bachelor's degree in the College of Engineering; Chelsea Chu, from Forest Hill, studying...

— Two opponents who have served together as community volunteers are vying for the same commission seat in the March 12 special election. Christine Hunschofsky and Nancy Schwamb Robeson are seeking the District 2 seat, previously held by Jared...

In April 2011, UConn was on top of the college sports world. The men's basketball team, led by Kemba Walker, had just won an improbable national title, the third for coach Jim Calhoun. Geno Auriemma's women's team had made it to the Final Four yet...

Federal economist's estimate that 2 million jobs go unfilled today as a result of skills, training and education gaps. The same is true in Pennsylvania. In the report submitted last year by the Governor's Manufacturing Advisory Council it was noted...

Brenna Doherty's dream of becoming a world-class figure skater has had its share of bumpy landings. They began when Doherty was a freshman at Oakland Mills High in Columbia. After making the finals at junior nationals at ages 13 and 14, Doherty thought...

'Tis the season for area high schools to honor some of its all-time best athletes, coaches and teams. At Northern Lehigh tonight, the school will welcome five individuals and a championship team into its Slatington/Northern Lehigh Ring of Honor. The...

LEXINGTON – New Kentucky head football coach Mark Stoops is known for his background on defense, so a natural question at his introductory news conference was his thoughts on offensive philosophy. “We’re going to have an offense that...