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  • A sign on the campus of St. Philip's College, one of the five community colleges in the Alamo Colleges District.
    Alamo Colleges Changing Associate Degrees To Remove Major
    The Alamo Colleges are removing major declarations from Associate of the Arts and Science degrees, and the move has some students upset. Administrators…
  • Kurt Stephens (right) is general manager of Packhouse, a restaurant in Newport, Ky., that has eliminated tips in favor of a higher hourly rate for its servers, including Jessica Krebs, pictured here.
    Customers Can Keep The Tip — Which Might Please Restaurant Workers
    A handful of restaurants are experimenting with no-tipping models, guaranteeing their servers a base level of pay. So far, satisfaction is up and turnover is down.
  • This Week in the Civil War - #869
    For months the Union assault against Fort Sumter had continued almost on a daily basis. However, on Thursday, July 7, 1864 in Charlestown Harbor…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #871
    At the Monocacy River southeast of Frederick, Maryland some forty miles northeast of Washington, D.C. on Saturday, July 9, 1864, 6000 Union troops engaged…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #872
    On Monday, July 11, 1864 Jubal Early’s Confederates entered the environs of Washington, D.C. and attacked Fort Stevens with artillery. That afternoon and…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #874
    By Wednesday, July 13, 1864 Early’s frustrated Confederates who unsuccessfully attacked Washington gathered at Leesburg on the Potomac River, preparing to…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #880
    The very next day after his army was defeated decisively at Peachtree Creek, Georgia, on Thursday, July 21, 1864, Confederate General Hood ordered…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #883
    With his army literally at the gates of Atlanta, William Tecumseh Sherman still faced a determined force of Confederate defenders. On Wednesday, July 27,…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #887
    The massive destruction of Union forces at the crater at Petersburg closed out the eventful month of July 1864. It had been a month that had seen Jubal…
  • This Week in the Civil War - #892
    On Sunday, August 7, 1864 Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, guarding the western approaches to Mobile Bay but sieged by Union troops, surrendered after a…
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