Spirituality: Grief on a Silent Night
It was a memorial service unlike anything I have ever done. It was done in the silence of the night. The leader was a woman named “Cindy” who scurried me into the sanctuary, where the windows were covered with paper to keep out curious eyes. Signs outside the entry clearly announced that this was a [...]
Lawmakers Hunting for Money for Public Schools
Florida education officials are trying to cobble together an application for millions of dollars in federal grant money as state lawmakers and educators across the state are worried about where they will get money for next year’s public school budget. The state’s public schools have had a series of ups and downs in the past [...]
Tracks Cleared for SunRail with Special Session Completed
A day after the special session rail package arrived at its destination earlier than expected, it remained unclear how quickly the controversial sale of existing tracks for the proposal Orlando SunRail commuter train would get rolling. State transportation officials said the legislation had one more stop before it authorized them to buy 61 miles of [...]
Florida Homeowner’s Hitler Graffiti Rattles Neighbors
INDIAN HARBOR BEACH, Fla. – A frustrated homeowner took to spray-painting graffiti with a Hitler reference on her own house to address an escalating tiff with her homeowner’s association, causing unrest Tuesday among neighbors in this quiet community of single-family homes. “Hitler would be a welcome neighbor here. Stop the harassment to my family,” said [...]
Navy, Army: Two Ground Forces
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Naval Academy football team, riding a triple-option offense that clicks with military precision, already has wrapped up its seventh consecutive season with at least eight wins and a bowl berth. So what’s left? A little business here Saturday: the 110th Army-Navy game. The past decade, it has been all Navy. The [...]
Brown’s New Salary is Texas Huge
Amid pay freezes for many employees and proposed tuition increases, the University of Texas on Wednesday made Mack Brown by far the highest-paid coach in college football history. Beginning next season, Brown will be paid at least $5.1 million a year under a contract revision approved by the UT System Board of Regents. He’ll become [...]
Medical Groups Balk at Medicare ‘Buy-In’
WASHINGTON – Hospital and doctor groups that have generally supported the effort to revamp the nation’s health care system pushed back Wednesday against a new idea proposed by Democratic leaders to let younger Americans buy into Medicare. The proposal, which would allow people 55 to 64 to enroll in the seniors health program, has emerged [...]
Facebook Giving Users More Privacy Control
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook has overhauled its privacy settings to give its millions of users control of who sees what they’re up to on their personal pages. The social-networking giant on Wednesday began requiring its more than 350 million users to review and update their privacy settings for each piece of content they post to [...]
Few Madoff Victims Reimbursed
Only 1,487 of the roughly 16,000 direct investors victimized by Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme have received any payment for their reimbursement claims, on the eve of the first anniversary of his arrest. And more than one in four of Madoff’s burned investors still await decisions on their repayment claims, even as 1,647 claims have been [...]
Fast Food Places Have a Deal for You
Fast food’s sales hook in 2010 will be just two words: Eat cheap. Many big names in fast food are rolling out products geared to drag in slow-to-spend consumers. Today, McDonald’s makes official plans to nationally roll out a Dollar Breakfast Menu in January. Burger King is trying to dazzle eaters with $1 double cheeseburgers. [...]
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