Crist Delivers Final State of the State Address
Calling the day bittersweet, Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday evening delivered his fourth and final State of the State speech, urging lawmakers to be “problem solvers” in searching for steps to combat high unemployment and a budget shortfall topping $3 billion. In the 36-minute speech, Crist also renewed his call for lawmakers to approve a [...]
Jerry Holland Will Be Our Guest Today on the Radio
On today’s Jacksonville Observer Radio Show, our guest will be Jerry Holland, Duval County’s Supervisor of Elections. We’ll ask Supervisor Holland about the current proposal to move city elections back several months and talk local politics and more! Holland was elected as the Supervisor of Elections for Duval County in a special election in [...]
Perry Wins in Texas
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has held the job for nearly a decade, was headed toward renomination Tuesday night after his main challenger, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, conceded defeat in the Republican primary for governor. Perry had a majority of the votes over Hutchison and a third candidate with about one-third of the precincts reporting. [...]
Postal Office Planning to Drop Saturday Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service must make drastic changes to avert a projected loss of $238 billion over the next decade, including closing post office branches and raising prices, Postmaster General John Potter said Tuesday. The Postal Service also released further details about its proposal to scale back to five-day-a-week delivery, saying it wants [...]
Leno Flops Back Into ‘Tonight’ Chair
It’s as if he never left. Or refuses to leave, depending on how happy you are to have Jay Leno back as host of NBC’s Tonight Show. Whether Leno is happy as well is hard to judge; all that’s clear is he’s not particularly straining to keep the job now that he has it again. [...]
TiVo Shows Off New DVR
NEW YORK – TiVo launched a campaign Tuesday to reassert itself as a leader in entertainment convergence: It unveiled its first totally redesigned digital video recorder since 1999. The new unit, TiVo Premiere, makes it easy to find entertainment from conventional TV and the Web. When users search for a show, the on-screen guide displays [...]
Tebow Impresses at Combine, Debate Continues on His Future
At the conclusion of his Feb. 26 NFL scouting combine news conference at Lucas Oil Stadium, Tim Tebow told an estimated 100 news media members, easily the largest gathering attracted by any of the 300-plus players, “Thank you all, God bless.” Then, the former Florida star gathered the digital recorders stacked atop his podium riser [...]
Senate Passes Jobless Bill
WASHINGTON – A last-minute deal Tuesday night broke a four-day Senate stalemate engineered by Sen. Jim Bunning that threatened the extension of unemployment and health insurance benefits nationwide. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the short-term extension, which the Kentucky Republican had held up since last week, on a vote of 78-19. Bunning and Senate Minority Leader [...]
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