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Tanker contract to be rebid

Posted on July 9, 2008

The U.S. Air Force will rebid the $35 billion contract to build new refueling tankers. The Defense Department will be making the decision by Dec. 31 — not the Air Force. I…

IN Your Head Radio 7.9

Posted on July 9, 2008

Today on In Your Head Radio at 12:00 noon: Attorney General Bill McCollum  who last week filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial, one of the nation’s largest mortgage companies, for allegedly engaging…

Notes: Council committees 7.07.08

Posted on July 8, 2008

The City Council meeting started promptly at 3:15 p.m. on June 16 in the Haglar meeting room of City Hall. The approval of minutes (yawn) passed, and the Council members proceeded to…

Santa Rosa County rejects progress

Posted on July 8, 2008

Yesterday, Escambia County Comm. Gene Valentino went before the Santa Rosa County Commission asking that they join a regional transportation authority that would have the power to bond out gas tax revenues…

Web: Top Ten Digital Music sites

Posted on July 7, 2008

It’s Monday and you really don’t want to start work just yet…so explore these web sites instead. Wired has come up it’s Top 10 Music sites. Sites were chosen based not only…

Ivey to leave Louisville paper

Posted on July 7, 2008

Former PNJ publisher Denise Ivey is leaving the The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. The alt-paper, LEO, has this take on what it calls the “Friday Afternoon Massacre.” …from Ivey’s memo: “I am…

Sheriff McNesby under fire

Posted on July 4, 2008

We are starting to get more and more phone calls from neighbors upset about the lack of protection from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Many fear retribution if they complain too loudly….

IN Your Head Radio 7.2

Posted on July 2, 2008

Today on IN Your Head Radio,  Mobile County Commission President Steve Nodine  who is continuing his fight for the  Northrop Grumman EADS  tanker contract.  I will also take your calls at 850-437-1620.  Listen from…

Special favors for Ice Vending?

Posted on July 2, 2008

From a concerned Pensacola Beach resident: Notice the appearance of the Beach causeway entrance has been enhanced with the relocation of an ice machine owned by a member of the downtown crowd….

IHMC featured in Orlando Sentinel

Posted on July 2, 2008

The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition is featured in the Orlando Sentinel today: WALL-E, Iron Man, the Transformers, Aquaman and even Pluto are very real working concepts in a unique…

Zoo dodges High School Musical scam

Posted on July 1, 2008

The ZOO today learned they were the victim of a hoax regarding the planned benefit event. Here are the details: hsm-update.pdf

Bill McCollum to sue Countrywide

Posted on July 1, 2008

Press Release: Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial, one of the nation’s largest mortgage companies, for allegedly engaging in deceptive and unfair…

IN Your Head Radio Back track

Posted on July 1, 2008

Todays interview with Pastor Brady Boyd

IN Your Head Radio 7.1

Posted on July 1, 2008

Today I will talk to Brady Boyd. Pastor of the New Life Church of Colorado Springs. New Life’s former Pastor,  Ted Haggard, was fired more than a year ago after he was…

June Yahoo Buzz

Posted on July 1, 2008

During June, Web searchers on Yahoo wanted to know more about Tim Russert than any other News figure or event, followed by George Carlin, U.S. Open and Euro 2008. Here is the…

IP loves Loxley

Posted on June 30, 2008

Mobile Press Register reports that International Paper plans today to ask Loxley to annex and rezone thousands of acres of timberland north of Interstate 10 to accommodate a long-term development that will…

Okaloosa sheriff’s race heated

Posted on June 28, 2008

Face it. All sheriff’s races are. From the Daily News: “The two men hoping to unseat Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris claim the same thing: Morris is the invisible man. “You shouldn’t…

Where the Hell is Matt?

Posted on June 28, 2008

This is so cool. Four months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. You can turn HD off if it’s playing jerky or taking too long to load. Where…

Baptist move increases need for CMP

Posted on June 27, 2008

Baptist Hospital moving out of the west side of Pensacola could have a dire impact on the economy on that part of the city. All the small businesses that depend on the…

Finally some consolidation…in health care

Posted on June 27, 2008

For years, people have said the Pensacola area had too many hospitals – Baptist, Gulf Breeze, Sacred Heart, Santa Rosa Medical Center. West Florida and Naval Hospital. As our population declined, it…

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