Marco Rubio: National Review Says ‘Yes, He Can’
Marco Rubio scored a pretty major win in his underdog campaign for the U.S. Senate, landing on the cover of this week’s issue of the National Review, a well-respected conservative newsmagazine. Rubio certainly faces an uphill battle by running against a sitting Governor with proven fundraising muscle, but the article explains that Rubio won’t actually [...]
Lou Rose: How To Overthrow The Government
I think that it is way past time that we overthrew the government that is currently in power, and put in some decent, honest folks that know what’s important and what’s not. While it is not the easiest thing in the world to overthrow the government, it is possible, and best of all there is [...]
Maurice Jones-Drew is Not a Question Mark
I would love to take a trip in a time machine to the Jacksonville Jaguars’ draft room when the club selected Maurice Jones-Drew. I bet it was filled with hollering and high-fives galore. Jones-Drew, a second-round steal, was chosen 60th overall in 2006. All 32 NFL teams passed on the 5-foot-7 running back out of [...]
‘Runway’ Returns, Now on Lifetime
Heidi Klum is ready for a return to the catwalk. The supermodel, who’s expecting her fourth child with husband Seal in October, returns to TV Thursday on “Project Runway” (10 p.m. ET/PT). The show has changed networks – from Bravo to Lifetime TV – but Klum says not to expect major changes in the series [...]
Falling Credit Limits Impact Consumers
Credit card issuers slashed credit for an estimated 24 million borrowers who paid their bills on time, and a third of those consumers saw some drop in their credit scores during a six-month period, a new study says. The study, to be released Thursday by Fair Isaac – the creator of the widely used FICO [...]
Automakers Bump Up Production
DETROIT – Gleeful automakers are reacting to the Cash for Clunkers-driven spike in car demand with production plans for the third and fourth quarters. That comes even as one leading industry researcher said the rebate program’s appeal is waning and there are few signs a broad recovery has begun. If automakers are premature in their [...]
All Fish Caught in U.S. Streams Contain Mercury
Sports fishermen take heed: A government test of fish pulled from nearly 300 streams in the United States found every one of them contaminated with some level of mercury. The U.S. Geological Survey’s research marks its most comprehensive examination of mercury contamination in stream fish. The study found that 27 percent of the fish had [...]
Trial Lawyers Prepare to Blast John Thrasher With New Round of Negative TV Ads
Trial lawyers are swinging more aggressively at former House Speaker John Thrasher in a northeast Florida Senate race, with a television ad slapping the former Florida Medical Association lobbyist for a pair of ethics violations. The ad, ready to hit the airwaves this weekend, also compares Thrasher with such embattled politicians as South Carolina Gov. [...]
Climate Commission Punts on State Energy Standards
After much discussion, the Florida Energy & Climate Commission failed again to act on an every five-year discussion of state energy efficiency standards Wednesday. Weeks after a July conference call – the Energy and Climate Commission’s most frequent meeting format as its strives to conserve energy – devolved into a debate about the effectiveness of [...]
Crist Continues Search
Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday continued his vetting of potential U.S. Senator stand-ins by speaking with a university president, a House lawmaker and his former chief of staff. Emerging from an interview at the governor’s mansion with former chief of staff George LeMieux, Crist said he’s not quite finished, but plans to conclude his search [...]
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