Archive for March, 2010

Despite high hopes from state officials, Florida won’t receive federal money from the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top grant program, at least not yet. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that Delaware and Tennessee...

Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio each claimed victory after the first debate in their contentious race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. For 40 minutes, Crist and Rubio answered questions from Fox News Sunday host Chris...

Although “Deem and Pass” never actually came to pass in last Sunday’s 219-212 vote to undue American prosperity, the concept of deeming to pass a bill without actually passing it did capture the nation’s attention long enough to remind us once...

How to Train Your Dragon became a lesson in how to make an animated hit this weekend as the film coasted to the No. 1 spot at the box office. But how will future, cheaper 3-D films fare? Supplanting A-list stars with character actors and adding a layered...

New environmental regulations are prompting cities to impose fees on property owners for the cost of managing storm water runoff, the leading cause of water pollution in most of the nation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started issuing...

SALT LAKE CITY – When jump-shooting Indiana native Gordon Hayward thought he was going to be about the same size as his 5-10 parents, he worked on his ball-handling skills and dreamed about becoming the next John Stockton or Steve Nash. He loved...

ABC’s Dancing With the Stars (tonight, 8 ET/PT) seems to have regained its footing with this season’s slimmed-down cast and new co-host. After averaging 18.2 million viewers last season, Monday’s two-hour opener pulled in 23.9 million...

A glut of Treasury borrowing – and the prospects of a better economy – could push rates higher in the next 12 months. The yield on the bellwether 10-year Treasury note stood at 3.85 percent Friday, down from 3.89 percent Thursday but still...

Transportation Security Administration nominee Maj. Gen. Robert Harding told senators last week that he hoped to quickly transform aviation security by having screeners interact more with airline passengers and moving “closer to an Israeli model.” That...

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Growing up in Philadelphia, Fran McCaffery acquired the nickname of “White Magic” because of his talent as a basketball player. Iowa fans now hope that McCaffery can work some black and gold magic in his attempt to...