BREAKING: Michael Jackson Dead at Age 50
Controversial pop star Michael Jackson was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital this afternoon in cardiac arrest. Paramedics were called to Jackson’s Holmby Hills home and were unable to revive him. A Los Angeles Fire Department captain says paramedics responded to a call at Jackson’s house at 12:26 p.m., and that he was not breathing when [...]
Business Community Joins Call for Fewer Prisons
For years, a coalition of interests, including clergy, advocates for people with substance abuse problems, minorities and just plain old-school liberals have argued – mostly in vain – that locking up more and more prisoners for longer periods wasn’t necessarily the best way to fight crime. Politicians, meanwhile, heard loud and clear from voters that [...]
Tri-Rail Weighs Using Capital Revenue to Avoid Service Cuts
Hoping to avoid derailing its federal assistance, the panel that oversees the Tri-Rail commuter train in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties will meet Friday in Pompano Beach to consider switching tracks on its 2009-2010 budget The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority is scheduled to consider an amended version of the budget it passed last [...]
Obama’s Iran Policy is a Bomb
Here is the one immutable fact of Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda as it relates to Iran: It’s over. The rule book he came in with is as irrelevant as a tourist guide to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the forces of reform and democracy win, Obama’s plan to negotiate with the regime is moot, for [...]
Former Player Arrested in Shooting of Coach
A 24-year-old former Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa) High School student and football player has been arrested in the shooting death of Ed Thomas, the district’s long-time football coach. Mark Becker, who has been charged with first-degree murder, was arrested at a rural Parkersburg residence shortly after the shooting, an official from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation [...]
We Don’t Need Big-Bang Health-Care Reform
Why do we need President Obama’s big-bang health-care reform at all? What’s the real agenda here? If it’s really to cover the truly uninsured, a much cheaper, targeted, small-ball approach would do the trick. But on the other hand, maybe the real goal is a larger, ultra-liberal plan aimed at a government takeover of the [...]
Gingrich Staffer to Appear on Local GOP Radio Show
Lenny Curry, Chairman of the Duval County Republican Party, tweeted this afternoon that someone from Newt Gingrich’s office will be a call-in guest on the party’s radio program this afternoon from 5-6pm. lennycurry – office of Newt Gingrich to call AM 1320 show @ 5PM & discuss Pelosi/Obama Enrgy tax. Wall St Jrn calls largest tax [...]
Peyton Wants to ‘Fix It Now’
Mayor John Peyton held a press conference Thursday morning at the Times-Union Center to outline his budget priorites aimed at bridging an expected shortfall of about $60 million. The mayor is launching a campaign called “Fix It Now!” that calls for a property tax increase of 14%, millions in spending cuts, and pension reform. “Coming from the business community, [...]
‘Ghostbusters: The Video Game’ (Xbox 360)
“Ghostbusters” was an unlikely candidate for highest-grossing comedy of all time. Sure, the 1984 film starred several box-office home-run hitters. With all the star power of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver it’s easy to forget that the movie was more than just a comedy. “Ghostbusters” was slathered with viscous coating of fantasy. The [...]
Inventors Seek Pot of Gold on TV
You’ve probably never heard of Rachel Taylor. But it won’t be long before you can turn on the TV and hear hard-sell pitches – again and again – to buy the one-size-fits-all hair clip she invented. Taylor is a rare winner in a world of inventors bedeviled by losers. She recently earned a much-sought-after chance [...]
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