NEW YORK -- In the catalog of life-altering surprises, few compare to the query that came my way a few weeks ago from CNN/US President Jon Klein: How would you like to co-anchor a prime-time show on CNN?

WASHINGTON -- President Obama was fully justified in dismissing Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The firing offense did not rise to the level of insubordination -- this was no MacArthur undermining the commander in chief's war strategy -- but it was a serious enough show of disrespect for the president and for the entire civilian leadership to justify relief from his post.

Space Florida and NASA broke ground Friday on a high-tech commerce park at the Kennedy Space Center, bolstering the state's position for future space-related ventures.

Exploration Park will house aerospace-related activities for commercial, civil and military tenants.

Not a drop of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has washed up on shores south of Floridas Big Bend. And Southwest and Central Gulf Coast Realtors have their fingers crossed, hoping beyond hope it stays that way so their waterfront property remains clean and their housing markets survive the disaster.

With President Barack Obama threatening to slash NASAs budget, members of Floridas delegation from both parties continued to speak out last week, warning the White House that these cuts would have a severe impact on the state and the nation.

This past week Congress played a tough game of tug-of-war between the House and the Senate. Here is how it all ended up.

Florida Democratic Party chairwoman Karen Thurman offered strong words of praise Friday for her partys two candidates who have already been chosen -- former Rep. Loranne Ausley for state CFO and former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services. Thurman also revealed lines of attack against the Republican candidates for those offices.

As Bill McCollum tries to play catch-up, the Republican gubernatorial candidate appears to have at least one stronghold he can count on: Gainesville.

All of the major candidates for governor are pushing for the change in the state Constitution that dictates how large school classrooms can be, which could let some classes increase slightly in size.

Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow for a more lenient way of counting students to give schools flexibility on meeting class-size requirements touted the positions of the gubernatorial candidates in a release Wednesday, saying the candidates were putting policy over politics by unanimously supporting the proposed change in the law.