Progress Energy Takes Turn Before the PSC
Under a glaring spotlight sparked by a myriad of conflict-of-interest charges which marred its last set of hearings, the Florida Public Service Commission on Monday powered into deliberations on higher rates from the state’s second largest power company. The PSC’s recent consideration of a $1.3 billion rate increase proposal from Florida Power & Light was [...]
‘Beer in Hell’ is Crass and Bold
“American Pie”? Kid stuff. “Wedding Crashers”? Stuck in a ditch. “Old School,” it’s time to meet the new school, because “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” is the Armageddon of gross-out sex comedies. Seriously, this movie just might mark the end of civilization. Vile, hateful and undeniably funny, “Beer in Hell” is based on [...]
MacArthur Genius Grants: 24 get $500,000
A papermaker, an investigative reporter and a health services innovator are among 2009 recipients of MacArthur Foundation genius grants, which give $500,000, “no strings attached,” over the next five years to help foster creativity and potential to make important contributions. The U.S. Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Constitution received new paper encasements in [...]
Obama on Letterman
President Obama appeared on the David Letterman Show Monday night… mostly to talk about his health care proposal. As an aside, I have to admit that when you apply for Letterman tickets months in advance and find out when you get there that the guest is the President, that has to be like winning the [...]
SC Man Gets Multiple Life Sentences for Killing Family
ANDERSON, S.C. – Andy Dickson’s dying words were words of love as he lay bleeding on the roadside, peering up at the double-barreled shotgun and his teenage son behind the trigger. Nathan Dickson – just weeks away from his 19th birthday – had just methodically gunned down his younger brother, who pleaded for his life, [...]
Haitian Authorities Find Father Sought in Slayings
NAPLES, Fla. – Florida detectives may be flying to Haiti Tuesday to question a man about the slaughter of his wife and five children inside their North Naples home. Mesac Damas, 33, is being held by Haitian police on a Collier County warrant charging him with violating his probation after being convicted of battery on [...]
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