“In the field of medicine, schools have become worried that students saddled with steep debt are increasingly pursuing top-paying specialties rather than careers in family medicine, pediatrics and research.” Well, this should help. NYT: Surprise Gift: Free Tuition for All NYU Medical Students.

+ Ariana Grande joined The Roots for a last-minute tribute to Aretha. Natural Woman. “Grande originally said she was too emotional to sing, as Franklin was one of her heroes.”

+ Michigan girls escape kidnap attempt by fighting, throwing hot coffee on suspect

+ Hero uses a 12-pack of Coors Light to talk suicidal man off highway overpass.

+ How one kid stopped the contamination of a river.

+ The three-year-old with an IQ of 171.

+ A teacher battling cancer ran out of sick days. School employees showered him with theirs.