December 16, 2010 - 6:00pm
Floridas unemployment outlook remains bleak, with the state Agency for Workforce Innovation report released Friday showing a jobless rate of 12 percent for November.
Jerry Holbert Cartoon
December 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
Exploiting the Teen Temptress
December 17, 2010 - 6:00pm
You may have never heard of the 17-year-old actress Taylor Momsen, but she represents everything that's wrong with pop culture today. At 7, she starred as the adorable Cindy Lou Who in Jim Carrey's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," but there's nothing adorable in what she's done lately.
Ed Stein Cartoon
December 17, 2010 - 6:00pm
The Fantasyland of No Labels
December 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- As the new political group No Labels convened in Manhattan, a judge was issuing a decision that illustrated why the group's premise is preposterous and its pretense is cloying. The premise, obscured by gaseous rhetoric, is that political heat is inherently disproportionate. The complacent pretense is that it is virtuous to transcend the vice of partisanship.
Political Bits and Pieces
December 16, 2010 - 6:00pm
Some big names will be helping to usher inRick Scott as Floridas 45th governor. While famed Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, best known for his versions of God Bless America during Yankees games, will be singing, the selection of evangelical leader Chuck Colson to serve as the keynote speaker for Scotts prayer breakfast has raised some eyebrows.
Rick Scott Chimes in on 12 Percent Unemployment Rate
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 17, 2010 - 12:53pm
Incoming Gov. Rick Scott weighed in on Friday on the states continuing high unemployment. On Friday morning, it was announced the unemployment rate in Florida rose to 12 percent in November.
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Tea Party Express, CNN to Host GOP Debate in Tampa
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 17, 2010 - 12:18pm
CNN and the Tea Party express will host a debate among Republican presidential candidates in Tampa during Labor Day week in 2011, CNN revealed Friday. The exact venue has not been revealed.
The 24-hour news network is touting the debate at the site of the 2012 Republican national convention as "first-of-its-kind."
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Ander Crenshaw Argues Tax Cut Extension Will Help Economy
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 17, 2010 - 11:49am
Arguing that letting them expire would constitute a serious tax increase, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., voted to back the extension of tax cuts for all Americans.
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Unemployment Rises to 12 Percent in Florida
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 17, 2010 - 10:27am
Florida's unemployment outlook only got worse in November. The state's unemployment rate increased to 12 percent last month, up slightly from October's 11.9 percent rate, according to a report released Friday by the state Agency for Workforce Innovation.
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