• Quinta Brunson launches field trip fund for thousands of Philly students

  

• Steve Cropper, acclaimed guitarist for Booker T. and the M.G.'s, dies at 84

  

• North Texas tap group turns 40 and keeps the beat alive

  

• Annual trolley toy drive collects Christmas gifts from Chicago area high schools

  

• Megan Moroney is bringing her Cloud 9 Tour to PPG Paints Arena next summer

  

• Feds drop charges against Laugh Factory manager in clash with Border Patrol agent

  

• California animal rights activist gets 90 days in jail for taking chickens from Perdue plant

  

• Cold morning, cloudy afternoon in North Texas Friday before nice weekend weather