Archive for May, 2010
Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season
The forecasts are all out, and every indication points to an “above normal” hurricane season in 2010. NOAA has a whole host of charts and graphs with circles and arrows and a paragraph at the bottom of each one describing what each one is to be used as evidence against us (with apologies to Arlo Guthrie). And as we have seen time and time again, it doesn’t require a…
Rand Paul Holding Slimmer Lead in Kentucky
Republican Rand Paul leads Democrat Jack Conway by 6 points in Kentucky’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, according to a Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll. The new poll – in which 569 likely voters were questioned by telephone…
Lost Moon Rocks Spark a Mystery
President Richard Nixon gave the priceless lunar samples to all 50 states and more than 100 countries after the first and last missions to the moon, to demonstrate the shared nature of the U.S. achievement. His goal: Give people worldwide a chance to see a little piece of our moon. Four decades later, many of the samples can’t be found…
Crist Okays Tighter Regulation of Political Groups
Shadowy political spending organizations likely to fill Florida’s political landscape this election year would again be regulated by state officials under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Charlie Crist…
At Dover Air Force Base, Every Day is Memorial Day
She recalls scanning the dreary surroundings: The gray C-17 cargo plane. The muted fatigues of the stoic, somber military personnel. The box-shaped van – plain white, like a bread truck without the logo. All of it set against the misty, gray weather of an early morning in mid-May. Her eyes locked on the red, white and blue cloth wrapped around the metal case that held the body of her son…
Health Watch: Frequent Urination at Night Linked to Raised Death Risk
People who wake up frequently during the night to urinate are at an increased risk of death even after accounting for chronic conditions that are known to cause the problem, two new studies show…
Franchitti Joins Indy 500 Elite with 2nd Win
Dario Franchitti walked away from Indy-car racing three years ago never intending to return. In coming back, he’s driven into the company of legends, even if he won’t admit it…
Patrick Relieved to Finish 6th After ‘Crazy Day’
INDIANAPOLIS – She climbed out of the car and hugged crew members, her family and the CEO of her sponsor. Brief chants of “Dan-i-ca! Dan-i-ca!” came from fans behind the fence. When Danica Patrick faced cameras and microphones, she attributed her surprising sixth-place finish in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 – after starting 23rd – not to [...]
Police: Elderly Woman Held Captive for Months
INDIANAPOLIS – Luigi Amalfitano offered 65-year-old dementia sufferer Anna Turner a place to stay and a tender hand when she was close to losing her home. Then, Madison County prosecutors said, Amalfitano forced her to live in a locked supply closet, 8 feet by 8 feet, that one police officer said was “barely fit to [...]
New Girl in Town: Meet Mary Elizabeth Robertson
So here I am, in Florida — Ponte Vedra Beach to be precise — where all summer long, I will be going new places and trying new things. I will take myself out of my comfort zone and push myself to try out anything and everything there is to do in Jacksonville…
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