UAMS broadband grant announced

The feds have released a group of broadband development grants, including news leaked yesterday that UAMS would be receiving $102 million. Here's the thumbnail description: This approximately $102 million award will allow the University of Arkansas System to offer affordable middle-mile broadband service in the state.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

City carjack victim recounts harrowing ordeal

Yanked out of her car late Saturday night by carjackers in downtown Manchester, a woman on her way home from work said she feared she would end up dead. But the victim told the New Hampshire Union Leader she was relieved when the two carjackers jumped in her car and left her.

Sharon McCone: P.I. On The Pier Of San Francisco Bay

Marcia Muller has written dozens of mystery novels set in San Francisco, her city of choice, starring no-nonsense Detective Sharon McCone -- one of contemporary fiction's first liberated female private detectives.

Errors found in Probe residency report for Falls schools

A private detective’s report, which was the basis behind the firing of a Niagara Falls School District employee, contained glaring errors, including misidentifying the race of the employee, a Niagara Gazette investigation has shown.