Associated PressSportsNCAA to review text messaging legislationINDIANAPOLIS The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting.June 26, 2007HomeSleet to become first black chief judge of Del. federal courtWILMINGTON Del. For Gregory M. Sleet, becoming chief judge of Delaware’s federal court is the latest in a career full of milestones.June 26, 2007African-AmericanPittsburgh Blacks Among Nation’s Poorest, Most Segregated, says University of Pittsburgh ReportPITTSBURGH The city’s black population is one of the poorest in the nation and black men here are nearly twice as likely as white men to be unemployed, according to an in-depth report released Tuesday by the University of Pittsburgh.June 26, 2007African-AmericanAfrican American FAU student ends round-the-world solo trip, claims world recordsOPA-LOCKA Fla. A 23-year-old pilot landed his single-engine plane as onlookers cheered Wednesday, becoming what he says is the youngest person to fly solo around the world.June 26, 2007SportsTrainers warn of risks to athletes with sickle cell traitCOLUMBIA Mo. The growing number of exercise-induced deaths among athletes with sickle cell trait can be curtailed with proper treatment and greater awareness among team doctors and athletic trainers, a national medical group said in a report released Wednesday.June 26, 2007HomeTop urban scholar named Yale professorNEW HAVEN Conn. Elijah Anderson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the nation’s most influential scholars in the field of urban inequality, will become professor of sociology at Yale University on July 1, university officials said Wednesday.June 26, 2007StudentsOU regents approve tuition hike, $1.3 billion budgetARDMORE Okla. University of Oklahoma regents on Wednesday approved tuition and mandatory fee hikes of nearly 10 percent for undergraduate students who will attend the university during the upcoming school year.June 26, 2007HomePryor urges Bush to nominate black judge to federal benchLITTLE ROCK U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor urged President Bush on Wednesday to nominate a black judge to fill the federal judgeship in Arkansas left vacant with the death of U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr., the state’s first black federal judge.June 26, 2007StudentsSarkozy forced to slow down reform schedule as new French parliament convenesPARIS Nicolas Sarkozy, racing to reshape France since he was elected president last month has postponed a university reform bill, apparently fearing the kind of student protests that plagued his predecessors.June 26, 2007HomeRell vetoes in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrant kidsHARTFORD Conn. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have extended favorable in-state tuition rates at Connecticut’s public colleges and universities to children of illegal immigrants.June 26, 2007Previous PagePage 478 of 569Next Page
