AP - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman hinted Thursday that looming state budget woes could spell painful cuts for the school, a prospect he compared to "lingchi," a form of Chinese torture known as "death from a thousand cuts."
AP - Police say a woman who couldn't afford to fix her car's brakes ran a red light and crashed into a school bus carrying elementary school children home in western Ohio.
U.S. News & World Report - I'll never forget the wonderful sound of change clanking in my tip jar. Back in my student days I worked as a minimum wage server at a local coffee shop to help pay for college tuition. Every tip I earned was always appreciated and my gratuity earnings were carefully budgeted using my student budget planner. Those were tough times.