Archive for December, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court on Monday ordered local judges to adopt a uniform mediation program for foreclosure cases and other interventions to deal with the tide of foreclosure cases clogging the courts. Chief Justice Peggy Quince agreed with the court’s...

Two Republican members of the Florida House want Attorney General Bill McCollum to investigate the constitutionality of provisions of the health care bill currently being considered by Congress. Reps. Scott Plakon and Steve Precourt asked McCollum, a...

Nearly three years ago, the overwhelmingly Republican Legislature did something that seemed to some a little un-Republican. Lawmakers had been blistered for two years by complaints from constituents who saw their homeowners rates going through the roof...

Federal officials have begun rounding up at least 2,500 wild horses from Nevada rangeland, triggering protests from animal advocates who say the trapping endangers these symbols of the American West and condemns them to lives in captivity. The protesters...

Five ambush-style incidents that ended in the shooting deaths of 15 police officers are putting a damper on a positive trend this year: The number of officers who died in the line of duty was the lowest in 50 years. “It really is a classic good...

WASHINGTON – Days after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to ignite plastic explosives on an airplane over Detroit, security companies say they have new body-scanning machines capable of screening passengers for such material in seconds that could...

INDIANAPOLIS – Though the fans’ boos might still be echoing through the rafters of Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian is not lamenting the loss of a perfect season. “That’s not a goal. It never was a goal,”...

Once upon a time, we looked away. That’s how it used to be in the sports writing business. If Babe Ruth was drunk at night but hit a home run during the day, only the home run was reported. That attitude has changed. Over the years, the wink and...

Florida lawmakers are trying to get in front of federal attempts to prohibit taxes on Internet travel companies while also bolstering a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bill McCollum against industry leaders. A flurry of legislation has been filed recently...

It is amazing to think that we have reached the end of the first decade of the 21st century. It seems like it was not so long ago that we were all scrambling to prevent the Y2K disaster, and a tip of the cap to those IT professionals who made sure that...