Archive for February, 2010

A new report says drilling in Florida waters would “have no discernible impact” on gas prices or the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, but could pump millions into state coffers. The Senate-commissioned report by the Collins Center for Public...

Sales of existing homes in Florida rose 28 percent in January, marking the 17th straight month of year-to-year gains, Florida Realtors reported Friday. Sixteen of Florida’s 19 metropolitan statistical areas reported increased existing home sales...

A Tampa woman, who goes by the name Angie Jackson on several online communities, is not afraid of controversy. “Jackson” calls herself the “Gwen Stefani of atheism” on social networking sites like YouTube. Recently, Jackson learned...

WASHINGTON – In 2008, when national gun rights advocates were looking for residents to challenge Chicago’s ban on handguns, Otis McDonald was in effect looking for them. McDonald, 76, says he had seen his neighborhood on the far South Side...

For the first time in almost a century, bison from Yellowstone National Park are grazing in a new setting: the prairie of Ted Turner’s Flying D Ranch in Montana. They’re part of an experiment to see whether disease-free bison from the last...

VANCOUVER – South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na dazzled from the big air of her opening jumps to the blurring spin of her finish to win a historic gold medal with more record-smashing scores. Japan’s Mao Asada hit her big, early jumps for silver,...

In the next month or so, high-caliber underclassmen in college basketball will mull over in earnest whether to enter the NBA draft. For some, the decision will be riskier this year than in the past. Contentious talks be-tween the NBA and the players union...

Over the next year, Joe Miller (our blogging historian) will take day trips to sites within a five hour drive of Jacksonville.  Join him as he points out the fascinating sites while pointing out historically interesting footnotes. —–  Note:...

With federal officials holding another round of public hearings in Florida on proposed water quality regulations on Wednesday, a Panhandle Republican who is opposed to the plan is gearing up for a water fight. As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

For generations of Americans, there has been a non-stop message that sports stars are a beacon of light worth following. Gatorade commercials told us to “Be like Mike.” Lyrics celebrated the golden era of “Willie, Mickey and the Duke.”...