Your future. Now, becky quick we begin with with backtoschool it doesnt mean sitting in the classroom with the teacher and the board. It includes opening a tablet or laptop anywhere. More technology in education, the cover story is log on and learn. School is back in session, but increasingly, more learning is occurring on a screen. 5. 8 million College Students are taking online courses 28 of all u. S. Higher education students are enrolled in at least one course on the internet the cost of a College Degree keeps climbing, it is bringing world class instruction to millions harvard, m. I. T. And others are opening mooc or Massive Open Online Courses one of the broadest and most accessible Online Learning sites is entirely free in 2006, he up loaded teaching materials to help his cousin with math homework others saw it and wanted videos on more subjects two years later, he launched the nonprofit website its had more than 1 million views and 56 million registered users worldwide studying
The weather. Still a cool morning. Its actually a couple degrees warmer than yesterday but i mean, we need a jacket when its 45 in inverness, 47 in zephyrhills, right now winter haven youre 58, 62 in fish hawk and 61 in sarasota. Look at the difference lakeland is 9 degrees warmer than this time yesterday, about 2 degrees warmer in inverness, 3 degrees warmer in bradenton. Watch the metro cast well see the sunrise temperatures 61 degrees at 8 a. M. Unlike yesterday i expect rainfall obviously. 76 at noon, blue sky as you round out your friday afternoon, 80 degrees at 4 p. M. , but youre going to want to stay tuned at 5 38 to the 8day temperature friend because that tells you how long it stays chilly. Youve got a pretty good drive out there. We have a little issue coming off the Howard Frankland bridge, this is 275 around the kennedy exit you can see activity in the median. As we back up we had activity in the right shoulder its in the dance. You can see blinking tying up any lanes and
Leighs got the forecast. Its looking good yeah. Yeah, step out the door this morning theres a slight chill in the area chilly up in inverness 45, plant city 57, 60 in tampa. 59 in sarasota. Heres that perspective for yous warmer in plant city than it was at 6 00 yesterday morning. By the afternoon 81 degrees which is above the average of 78. And 62 tonight but you want to stay tuned to course ill have whats happening with the colder air coming this weekend. Pretty good drive right now. Its been really nice. Kicking off to a nice friday. Maybe everyone is nice and relaxed because a nice holiday next week. In ybor a great drive and the veterans expressway no delays right now. Lets move over to the sun coast parkway also looks good and further to little bit closer to hillsborough avenue right at 56th street we have an accident there. Its off to shoulder but a little bit of a slowdown. Thats a look at weather and traffic. All right. An 8 on your side alert this morning a new twist on an ol
And out of nowhere gets her purse snatched. But she wasnt about to let the theif get away. Take a look a man walks into a restaurant. And trys to steal a purse. But he chose the wrong person to steal from. After he tried to snatch her bag, the woman tackled him to the ground, then with a little help from an onlooker, she got her purse back, and the theif ran away. We dont reccomend people necessarily going to this length of fighting because the risk to you is also very grave as well. Police say this situation could have ended violently, so they dont reccomend fighting back. But they are asking for help in finding the purse snatcher. They say this happened the morning of january 16th. At a burger king on sahara and eastern. Theyre looking for a 5 foot 9 balding white man in his mid 30s. This suspect might also be a suspect in additional theft related crimes in that area. We went back to the area where the attack happened, and apparently this happens all the time. I dont know its just da
The bay area and across the country. Dan noyes has been covering this issue two years and is here with the developments. These crash tests are one important step towards analyzing the end piece. Another task force will check the data and issue findings by summer, the news does not end this controversy. The federal Highway Administration concluded the end terminal passed eight tests in december, and january. We conclude that had if the height of 31 inches it meets criteria. That is welcome news to the Company Making the et plus. It now is the mosttested in guardrail end system on the roadways. And this information confirms it passed tests. Lawsuits claim it could fail its supposed to absorb the impact allowing the guardrail to ribbon to the side. In cases it has sliced through cars. Among accidents i first reported about a 24yearold Darrell Blackman a football star, who died on highway 101 in mill valley when the car hit an et plus and rolled over. He should not have been taken away. If