In Need of Revival, Notre Dame Taps Kelly
Notre Dame hired the coach it coveted, naming Cincinnati’s Brian Kelly as the Irish’s football coach Thursday. Kelly, 47, signed a five-year contract and will be introduced today at a news conference in South Bend. The Irish are hoping Kelly, who will be Notre Dame’s fifth coach this decade, will finally be the one to [...]
Sarah Palin Still Thinking About 2010
Everyone should be unsuccessful so successfully: From a losing vice presidential candidacy, Sarah Palin has bounced back as a best-selling author with plans to be a major player in next year’s elections. “It has been spectacular,” Palin told USA TODAY in a telephone interview yesterday as she wrapped up a three-week book tour that has [...]
Feds: Swine Flu Has Killed 10,000 Americans
Swine flu has already infected 50 million Americans, killing 10,000, most of them children and younger adults, federal officials reported Thursday. The new estimates suggest that the flu, also known as H1N1, has spread through 15% of the U.S. population since it was first identified in April. As of Nov. 17, 200,000 people have been [...]
Chuck Star Wants TV Power in Fan Hands
Zachary Levi reports that he and the rest of the team on NBC’s “Chuck” will soon be wrapping up production on their 12th episode for this season, “then we’ll break for Christmas, then come back for the last seven.” The actor knows whom to thank for that hefty order of shows — shows that are [...]
Indian, Indians, and American Indians
When we use the word “Indian,” it can mean one of two things, which is unnecessarily confusing. I don’t know how we got into calling two absolutely different people from two different continents by the same name. I don’t think there is a relationship between an Indian born in New Delhi, India, and an American [...]
Tea Party to Target GOP Rail Backers Next Year
When lawmakers successfully passed legislation earlier this week that could bring more commuter and high speed rail to the state, 80 Republicans climbed aboard. Two days later, conservatives “Tea Party” activists who think the rail legislation amounts to a government-sponsored boondoggle say come election time, some of those GOP lawmakers may pay the price. In [...]
Rubio Would’ve Taken Stimulus Cash
The federal economic stimulus that was trumpeted by Gov. Charlie Crist before it wasn’t – and used by state lawmakers to balance the sagging state budget after they decried it – continued to be a political football for Florida’s major candidates for U.S. Senate. After months of slamming Crist for supporting the $787 billion plan [...]
McCollum Cautiously Optimistic of BoA Mortgage Help
Attorney General Bill McCollum said Thursday that Florida’s leading mortgage lender is promising more “boots on the ground” in the state to help homeowners stave-off foreclosures. McCollum huddled this week with officials from Bank of America who are assuring him that more loan officers will be positioned at branch banks across the state to help [...]
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