6 ways to save on continuing education (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)

When it comes to applying for college scholarships, retirees have some advantages.

How to Fix Your Life in 2009 (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)

Frugality is, once again, a virtue. To help you settle into this strange new world, WSJ reporters have dug deep into their beats to offer advice that will help you make your dollars work harder.

One dead in shooting on Griffin Avenue (The Selma Times-Journal)

A shooting shortly after 9 p.m. Monday night on Griffin Avenue has claimed the life of at least one and resulted in the wounding of two others. Selma police investigators said they are still looking into the cause of the shooting.

Athletes can pay to be recruited (The Charlotte Observer)

(By Matthew Futterman, Wall Street Journal) Kirsten Bladek had a problem. Three weeks into her senior season on the Monarch High School volleyball team in Colorado, the 5-foot-10-inch setter found herself warming the bench. Her dream of an athletic scholarship seemed dead – especially since her family couldn't afford the $1,000 or so that many parents pay these days to hire a private ...

OTL: Miles Apart (ESPN)

"Outside the Lines" spends a week with crosstown rivals in San Diego, two football programs in different worlds.