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Outgoing UNLV president to earn $505,000 as head of Texas college

Departing UNLV President Neal Smatresk will earn $505,000 in base salary as the new leader of the University of North Texas. His annual base salary at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was $246,426, with a total compensation package of $447,424.

 
Obama says he will press presidential powers

Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress “whenever and wherever” necessary to narrow economic disparities between rich and poor.

 
Teen survives 3,000-foot fall after her parachute fails

A 16-year-old Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in an Oklahoma skydiving accident survived and is recovering from her many injuries, a doctor said Tuesday.

 
Police shoot , wound 17-year-old runaway at Honolulu high school

A police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist at a Hawaiii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others, authorities said.

 
Northwestern football players forming labor union for college athletes

Calling the NCAA a “dictatorship,” a handful of Northwestern football players announced Tuesday they are forming the first labor union for college athletes — one they hope will eventually represent players nationwide.

 
Google Glass gaining fashion sense

Starting Tuesday, Google is offering an optional attachment for prescription lenses and new styles of detachable sunglasses for Google Glass.

 
At last, the baddest bull on the planet speaks his mind

You might have missed it amid all the Super Bowl weather reports, but Bushwacker the bull — the baddest bucking bull on the planet — announced his retirement in Oklahoma City the other day.