Sports, Liberal Talk Radio Stations Swap Signals
Sports talk station 1010XL, which has aired it’s programming on 105.3 FM for the last year, is leaving that frequency. “On July 31, 2009 our agreement to provide 1010 XL’s programming to the company that owns 105.3 FM expires. The parties have mutually agreed not to extend that agreement,” read an announcement emailed to fans [...]
Susan Pitman Remembers Senator Jim King
FORMER STAFFER SUSAN PITMAN SHARES SOME OF HER MEMORIES OF SENATOR JIM KING: President King always had me prepare talking points for a given audience, and then he never followed them. When I spoke on his behalf, he would review my notes/talking points, then make me tear them up–he said “If you are going to mess [...]
Both Parties Target Florida State Senate Races
The numbers powering Republican control of the Florida Senate haven’t budged in seven years, with the GOP holding 26 seats to the Democratic Party’s 14. But after next year’s elections, both parties predict the math will change. Yet that’s where agreement ends. “I think we have some really good opportunities,” said incoming Senate Democratic Leader [...]
State Lawmakers File Bills for Injured Parties
A bill to compensate the family of late Florida State grad Rachel Hoffman has been filed as senators rushed to beat the claims bill deadline Friday. Rachel Hoffman was a 23-year-old recent college graduate who was busted for selling drugs and then tried to make a deal with Tallahassee cops to lessen her charges. However, [...]
The God Who Bleeds
In one of my favorite episodes of “Star Trek,” Captain Kirk is mistaken for a god by inhabitants of a planet of Native Americans (it’s a long story). The illusion works for Kirk until a jealous shaman cuts Kirk’s hand, revealing that the divine being is just a man after all. “Behold! A god who [...]
‘Thirst’ Gives Vampire Genre New Blood
Forget “Twilight.” Fans of vampire movies are not likely to see anything more graphic, extreme or twisted than Thirst. Most of the film features voracious vampires cracking bones and feeding lustily and inventively on the comatose, as well as more traditional fare such as corpses. It’s awash in excess, but also a fresh take on [...]
Scranton Welcomes Fans of ‘The Office’
The Mall at Steamtown, the Penn Paper building and sights along Mifflin Avenue in Scranton, Pa., might not seem like traditional tourist draws. Nor, for that matter, does Scranton itself rank high on the list of must-sees before you die. But that was before the mockumentary television series, “The Office,” became an Emmy award winning [...]
Shark Week Returns to Discovery
Cue the ominous tubas from John Williams’ “Jaws” score. Check for dorsal fins. Shark Week is back. Discovery Channel’s popular annual fin … er, fan favorite summer programming block returns Sunday (9 p.m. ET/PT), aiming to scare, educate and entertain viewers with the first of six premieres, Blood in the Water. The docu-drama is the [...]
Jackson’s Mom Gets Custody of Children
Michael Jackson’s three children will be raised by their 79-year-old grandmother, Katherine Jackson, attorneys for Jackson and Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of his two oldest children, said in a statement Thursday. The custody agreement also states that Prince Michael, 12, and Paris Michael, 11, will have visits with Jackson’s ex-wife Rowe. A child psychologist, [...]
House Approves More Clunker Cash
The U.S. House approved an emergency $2-billion infusion for the cash-for-clunkers program this afternoon, with a plethora of lawmakers from around the country calling it a runaway success that should not be ended. But the head of the National Automobile Dealers Association warned dealers today that until the money was guaranteed, they could be on [...]
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