Shuttle Discovery Heads for Space Station
With seven astronauts and a host of experiments and equipment on board, space shuttle Discovery completed a flawless ascent into orbit Friday night to begin a two-day chase of the International Space Station. With Commander Rick “C.J. ” Sturckow at the controls, the shuttle lifted off on-time at 11:59 p.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]
Rob Zombie Opens Fall’s Assault on Box Office
Rob Zombie knows what scares you. Heck, he keeps some of the tools to do it in his living room. There’s the mounted monkey on his mantel. Or the towering polar bear from “The Addams Family.” Or the shrunken head that he can never keep track of. (“See, it’s real small,” he explains. “I can’t [...]
Florida Boy Hits Pregnant School Employee
FORT MYERS, Fla. – An 8-year-old boy has been charged with battering a pregnant school employee who took away a pencil that belonged to him. The boy, who The News-Press will not name because of his age, is accused of hitting Fran Albany, who is three months pregnant, at Lee Charter Academy. Albany told police [...]
Congressman, Staff Injured in Boat Crash
HELENA, Mont. – U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and state Senate majority whip Greg Barkus are in stable condition at Kalispell Regional Medical after sustaining injuries in a late-night boating crash on Flathead Lake Thursday. According to Fish, Wildlife and Parks regional director Jim Satterfield, Rehberg, R-Mont., Barkus and three other adults were injured when the [...]
TV Prepares to Cover Kennedy Farewell
Pick a channel, any channel, and you will find live coverage this weekend – either on air or on networks’ Web sites and radio affiliates – of the events around Sen. Edward Kennedy’s goodbye. Beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern tonight with a memorial service for family and friends at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library [...]
Climate Commission Weighs In On Energy Standards
After two energetic false starts, the Florida Energy & Climate Commission agreed Thursday on recommendations for the Public Service Commission’s periodic review of the Florida Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act. The commission had taken up the issue in July and last week, but put off action each time because commission members said they did not [...]
Gambling Deal Trudges Forward, Deadline Looms
Players are at the table awaiting the Seminoles’ response to a state offer as negotiators try to meet an Aug. 31 deadline on a deal to expand gaming options and slot machines at Indian casinos around the state. Tribal representatives on Thursday declined to discuss a proposal received by Seminole council representative Max Osceola on [...]
Crist Taps LeMieux for Senate, Some Democrats Cry Foul
When it came time for Gov. Charlie Crist to tap someone for the U.S. Senate post he is seeking to win next year, the governor played it safe and picked the man who helped win him the job he has now. Political operative and lawyer George LeMieux, who managed Gov. Charlie Crist’s 2006 campaign for [...]
Some GOP Donors Put Off By Party’s Reckless Spending
Some Florida Republican donors say they’re wary of pouring cash into the state party following reports of free-spending by top GOP officials – including disgraced former House Speaker Ray Sansom’s $173,000 worth of American Express charges. State Republican Chairman Jim Greer took scissors out at a GOP event last weekend and publicly cut up his [...]
Martinez: A Look Back
Cuban-born Melquiades “Mel” Martinez was elected Florida’s junior senator in 2004 – the first Cuban-American senator, and from a state with a huge, politically active Cuban-American population. He leaves the Senate with the announcement Friday that he’ll be replaced for now by lawyer and political operative George LeMieux, a close ally of Gov. Charlie Crist. [...]
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