Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies at 88
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, younger sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died Tuesday morning. She was 88 and had been hospitalized on Cape Cod, Mass. Shriver’s family expressed sadness and shock in a statement released early Tuesday. “She was the light of our lives, a mother, wife, grandmother, sister and [...]
Florida Teen Expelled Because of Facebook Group
Marie Couto decided she hated her school. So do a lot of 13-year-olds. Earlier this summer, the soon-to-be-eighth-grader from The Montessori School of Pensacola created a Facebook group titled, “I HATE MONTESSORI.” On July 23, she was expelled from school, and her tuition was refunded. “It is apparent from Marie’s recent Facebook ‘I Hate Montessori’ [...]
Angry White Men
To hear the Obamaites, those raucous crowds pouring into town hall meetings are “mobs” of “thugs” whose rage has been “manufactured” by K Street lobbyists and right-wing Republican operatives. Press secretary Robert Gibbs compares them to the Young Republicans of the “Brooks Brothers riot” during the Florida recount. But is it wise for the White [...]
Tamala Jones on Working with Clooney, Rock
Rebecca Romijn credits husband Jerry O’Connell for making it possible for her to keep up with the intense schedule of her forthcoming ABC “Eastwick” series — and their twin baby daughters at the same time. “I’m really lucky to have a super energetic husband who is taking a little bit of time off and who [...]
Kathy Griffin: ‘Being Offensive Does Pay Off’
Kathy Griffin tells us she aims to insult “as many deities as possible” when she hosts the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Sept. 12. It was just two years ago that the “My Life on the D-List” star started an uproar with her Emmy acceptance speech, in which she declared, “I want you to know that [...]
Long Road Ahead for Florida Highway Stimulus Funds
Florida’s spending on highway projects funded by the federal economic stimulus plan is taking a different route than some other states, but the final destination is the same, state transportation officials said Monday in response to a Congressional committee report critical of state efforts. Florida DOT spokesman Dick Kane told the News Service of Florida [...]
New Opinion Spells Out State Election Law
State election officials have begun spelling out how Florida’s jumbled election laws will work in the wake of a federal ruling that struck down a law aimed at shadowy groups that run attack ads. Donald Palmer, director of the state Division of Elections, issued a three-page opinion last week that attempts to answer questions about [...]
Real-Life Coach Returns to ‘Friday Night Lights’ Team
ODESSA, Texas – Gary Gaines stands astride the 50-yard line swathed in the warm, sweet glow of the stadium lights – those lights, the most storied high-watt bulbs in all the land. His eyes glisten as he points to the pines behind the end zones of Ratliff Stadium. “Those trees,” he says, “were only fence-high [...]
It’s Not Polite, But It’s Democracy
I have no illusions about those protesters at recent town hall meetings on health care. Some are fueled by angry conservative groups. Some are hopped up on radio hosts’ rants and ravings. Some are Barack Obama haters. Some use one piece of wrong information to smear an entire event. And some — maybe even most [...]
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