Patricia Kennealy Morrison, widow of 1960s pop star Jim Morrison, told CNN Thursday that if her husband were alive "he would tear this pardon to shreds, it's not applicable, it's meaningless, because he didn't do anything to be pardoned for."
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By Kevin Derby
At least one prominent politician is open to challenging President Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries.
By Kevin Derby
Bob Burleson of the Florida Transportation Builders Association (FTBA) cheered the news that Florida Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica would chair the congressional Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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The Congressional Budget Office's claim that the DREAM Act will save taxpayers $2.2 billion over 10 years doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
Though President Barack Obama touted the projection as a selling point for the student amnesty program, the so-called savings don't amount to even one-one hundredth of just one year of federal spending.
Plus, most of the costs will be borne by local and state governments as they are the ones paying for the tuition subsidies of hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens.
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A band of disgruntled Christians plans to make a nativity scene at Boca Raton City Hall on Friday.
Mark Boykin, senior pastor of the Church of All Nations, will lead a procession of church members and city residents to make a formal request that a Christmas creche be displayed alongside the menorah at City Hall.
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In a refreshing bit of theater, Lawrence O'Donnell, a host on left-leaning MSNBC, tangled with lame-duck Rep. Alan Grayson over tax rates.
Lobbing a volley of friendly fire, O'Donnell asked the soon-to-be-ex-congressman who would suffer most if the Bush tax rates were not continued.
Grayson, who is urging his fellow Democrats to reject the compromise reached by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, confidently replied that upper-income earners would bear the brunt of the resulting tax increase on Jan. 1.
By Kevin Derby
Count Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey as a fan of Space X -- the first private company to launch a spacecraft around the planets orbit.
This is a great moment in commercial spaceflight, said Posey on Thursday. I offer my sincere congratulations to the Space X team, and their founder Elon Musk.What they achieved yesterday -- the successful launch and recovery of the space capsule -- is not only a significant step forward, but it is a historic achievement for a commercial firm. This bodes well for Americas future in space.
By Kevin Derby
Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown weighed in on Thursday when it was announced that $342 million in federal funds would be headed to Florida -- instead of to Ohio and Wisconsin as was originally planned -- for high-speed rail projects.
By Kevin Derby
The DREAM Act has been tabled in the Senate as key Republicans show no sign of backing it -- including U.S. Sen. George LeMieux from Florida.
By Kevin Derby
No surprise here as he was the ranking member before they won the majority, but U.S. Rep. John Mica was selected by his fellow Republicans in Congress to chair the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure -- giving a Floridian the gavel over the committee overseeing highways, aviations, rail, maritime shipping and the Coast Guard, among other tasks.
We must begin immediately to address the significant needs and challenges facing our nations infrastructure, and create jobs, said Mica.
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