Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Adichie focuses on Nigeria's present for new novel Modern life in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, has become almost a character itself in novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new book, "Americanah." Within its pages, one catches self-acknowledged glimpses of the writer herself, who shot to fame with her previous novel, a love story set during Nigeria's civil war entitled "Half of a Yellow Sun." More
Police confiscate 4-foot, 2-pound marijuana joint California police confiscated a mammoth joint during a 4/20 pot rally on Saturday, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the paper notes, hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gather each year for the event, and each year campus police confiscate things like bongs and dime bags. More
MIAMI — Jake Burger hit a three-run homer, the Marlins scored the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning and Miami beat Milwaukee 5-4 on Saturday to stay within a game of the Cubs for the third NL wild card and prevent the Brewers from clinching the NL Central.
Pinch runner Garrett Hampson scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Brewers reliever Joel Payamps (6-5) in the eighth.
Burger drew a leadoff walk before Bryan De La Cruz’s single to right advanced Hampson to third.
Finally.
At long last.
They’re back.
The Florida State Seminoes are officially back.
Really.
Truly.
Thankfully.
I say thankfully because after FSU finally beat Clemson in a 31-24 overtime thriller on Saturday, maybe now those long-memoried Tiger fans will stop tweeting at me every fall about this time; reminding me, ridiculing me and linking to a column I wrote on Nov.
PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes traveled north but still played in tropical weather.
With wind and rain from approaching Tropical Storm Ophelia making game conditions difficult, No. 20 Miami (4-0) ended its non-conference schedule with its fourth consecutive win by beating Temple (2-2) 41-7 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday.
“Those are great conditions for playing football,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said.
Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall Saturday morning in North Carolina, with stormy weather spreading over portions of the state. The same day, Tropical Storm Philippe formed in the central tropical Atlantic and a new tropical wave emerged off the coast of Africa.
After making landfall in North Carolina, Ophelia crossed into Virginia late Saturday afternoon.
As of 5 p.m.
MIAMI — NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara’s recent rehab setback has ended his season and raised concern about his availability to pitch for the Miami Marlins next year.
The Marlins’ ace experienced forearm tightness following his outing with Triple-A Jacksonville Thursday. Alcantara was rehabilitating from a forearm flexor strain that sent him to the injured list Sept.