Archive for September, 2009

The founders began as run-of-the-mill tailgaters, eating chips at a card table and grilling hot dogs on a hibachi the year the Arizona Cardinals arrived in town. But as the transplanted team struggled on the field, the tailgaters upped their game in the...

College football officials are cracking down on flagrant fouls, particularly helmet-to-helmet contact, as a result of a new NCAA rule that mandates a postgame video review by conference officials after a dangerous foul is committed. “The message...

Florida tax receipts topped expectations by $32.6 million last month – the fifth straight month of better-than-forecast cash flow, state economists reported Tuesday. But there’s a catch, warned Amy Baker, coordinator of the Legislature’s Office...

Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet postponed action Tuesday on a recommendation to expand oversight of the state’s $110 billion pension fund and other investments but instead wants to hear more from the agency that now manages the nation’s fourth...

Attendees of the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh and members of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington should carefully read a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. In a piece titled “The Fed’s Job Is Only Half Over,” the...

WASHINGTON – With swine flu vaccinations set to begin in October, public health officials are mobilizing to ensure that the nation’s estimated 11 million-plus illegal immigrants are vaccinated to protect themselves and the public. Unlike the...

CHICAGO – Darnell Myles didn’t have to see the video airing on TV of Derrion Albert’s slaying to find out that the neighborhood around Christian Fenger Academy High School is dangerous. Two of his children attend the school where Albert...

There comes a time every year when the urge to make soup grows stronger. Maybe it’s because children are back in school and nourishing family meals seem even more important. Maybe it’s that the days are noticeably growing shorter, and there’s...

What’s Hot: Firefight What’s Not: The Campaign Crispy Gamer Says: n/r Sometime between now and Sept. 25, 2007, the “Halo” nation moved on. It mothballed its Spartan Lasers and took up “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s”...

Roger Flessing was on an American Airlines flight to Seattle recently when he began speaking with his son on his iPhone. Unsure of how his action might be received by others, the Tacoma resident says he spoke discreetly. But soon, he says, flight attendants...