Lenny Curry: Health Care and the Big Picture
On the heels of the healthcare vote and the economic uncertainty facing our country, I am reminded of an insightful quote which goes like this: “Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it – the real thing is the tree.” — Abraham Lincoln When considering [...]
Jacksonville Sharks Sign TV Deal to Air Games Locally
The Jacksonville Sharks announced today a broadcast agreement with WCWJ, known to most viewers as CW17. The station will broadcast several Sharks games locally in the Jacksonville area. The team’s home season kicks off April 16th as the Sharks take on the Orlando Predators. All home games will be played at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. “We are [...]
ACORN Closes Up Shop
The once mighty community activist group ACORN announced Monday it is folding amid falling revenues — six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute. “It’s really declining revenue in the face of a series of attacks from partisan operatives and [...]
The Science of ‘Hatorade’
Given such a convincing performance by Cornell in the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, Kentucky probably won’t be drinking any “Hatorade” heading into Thursday’s game. The 12th-seeded Big Red and No. 1-seeded Wildcats meet in Syracuse in the East Regional semifinals. So what exactly is “Hatorade”? “I believe ‘Hatorade’ is something you might either [...]
NCAA Focus Now on Kentucky
Now that Kansas, the overall top seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, is gone after losing Saturday to Northern Iowa, the attention shifts to Kentucky as the heavy favorite. A big question is whether freshmen John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, the leading scorers, can handle that burden, along with fellow rookie starter Eric Bledsoe. [...]
Jon Hamm Leaves the 1960s for Feature Film Role
Jon Hamm had no problem putting his retro Mad Men threads in the closet for his first lead role in a feature film, while co-star Josh Lucas had a very personal reason to throw on an outfit from yesteryear. The two actors play emotionally distressed fathers in the independent mystery thriller Stolen, directed and produced [...]
Military Offers ‘Closure’ in Brain Deaths
WASHINGTON – Family members of combat troops declared brain-dead will have an opportunity for a final reunion with their loved ones before life support is removed, according to new guidelines provided to battlefield doctors. The guidelines are aimed at helping doctors determine what to do when a combat casualty suffers brain death, a decision physicians [...]
Tennessee Moves to Split Custody Evenly in Messy Divorces
A Tennessee bill that would evenly split child custody in contentious divorce cases is drawing national attention and dividing groups along gender lines. On one side is an alliance of women’s groups, some judges and the Tennessee Bar Association, who say the change would make divorces tougher to settle and give abusive ex-husbands leverage they [...]
‘Popular Science’ Worst Jobs List
For most people, a day at the office does not include collecting dung or cutting open whale guts, but for some scientists, tedious and often grotesque tasks are just part of the daily grind. Popular Science features some of these unusual jobs in its April issue, on newsstands now, in its 10 Worst Jobs in [...]
Florida Lawmakers Move to Block Obama Health Care Mandate
Echoing contentious debate over the weekend as Congress approved a sweeping overhaul of the national health care system, a panel of Florida lawmakers approved a proposed resolution to block the requirement that people buy health insurance beginning in 2014. And hours after the U.S. House approved the measure, which had been debated for the better [...]
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