Life Skills - Jackson questions Lakers' mettle

Jackson questions Lakers' mettle
San Jose Mercury News - EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Winners don't usually surround themselves with losers. And Phil Jackson, with the best regular-season and postseason winning percentages in NBA coaching history, is wondering whether his Lakers this season are losers. The Lakers

Amazing art of Glasgow's bravest little calendar girl
Glasgow Evening Times - DESPITE SERIOUS HEARING AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, LITTLE TONI LAWSON WOWED THE JUDGES IN GLASGOW'S SCHOOLS' CALENDAR COMPETITION WITH HER BRIGHT, VIBRANT ARTWORK. MARIANNE TAYLOR MEETS THE INSPIRATIONAL YOUNGSTER. FOR Tony Lawson, every kiss he gets

Change to grading scale sought
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Almost every Florida school that serves students at risk of dropping out received an F grade last year, prompting some educators and legislators to find a new way to measure how well these schools are doing. State Rep. John Stargell, R-Lakeland, and

Education building work continues
Fremont Tribune - Due to a stretch of warm weather, it's now surrounded by a sea of mud. But construction continues on the education building at the Masonic-Eastern Star Home for Children. Executive director Ben Harvey said the building should be open for business by

The grandparenting game keeps me current
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Before my oldest grandson came to visit for the holidays, I thought black-eyed peas were a vegetable. Now I know the Black Eyed Peas are a hip-hop band performing "pumpin' live shows" where they "burst into acrobatic movements that drive audiences to

Local nonprofit changes name
Dayton Business Journal - The Centerville-based organization's old name expressed its social services, such as its adoption and credit counseling services, but not its community and residential services, said Pam Blumensheid, director of marketing for Graceworks. The