Stephan Oates is the future of higher education. A father of six children and grandfather of two, he works as a part-time cleaner at Newcastle College in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the early hours of the morning, finishing his shift at 8am. Then he hotfoots

City officials said hot water has been restored to a 32-unit apartment building in downtown Joplin, where residents complained they had been without hot water for more than four months.

While their avian namesakes scour the desert, Denver's culture vultures flit from art gallery to eatery and back again, broadening their horizons and filling their bellies — all without emptying their wallets.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Book Awards has kicked off its third annual competition with a call for entries in eight categories, including a new one for "Book Design."

The golden shovels and yellow hard hats came out again at UC Merced on Monday, as staff and supporters of the school gathered to break ground on the campus' $38 million Social Sciences and Management Building.