Predictions for 2012 Over the past year, many super power nations have gone through dramatic changes with worldwide effects. CBS News correspondents discuss the repercussions if Iran develops a nuclear weapon, the…
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We don’t do anything fun on Boxing Day
The English take it so much more seriously. If you do need something to do, Mark Easton’s Boxing Day puzzler is surprisingly fun. Especially since your not really expected to really know…
BP’d Off
While BP, along with federal and state governments, appear ready to move into the restoration phase of post-spill efforts, there are others who are hung up on claims. Like David Helland, who…
Rev. Monk debacle could have been stopped by any council member
Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall was unjustified in his treatment of Rev. Nathan Monk at the Dec. 15 city council meeting. However, the other council members could have easily rectified the…
Unemployment down for Florida, still above national avg
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November 2011 was 10.0 percent, the lowest since May 2009 when it was also 10.0 percent. This represented 926,000 jobless out of a labor force of…
Video: Dutch soccer goalie trips, kicks angry fan
An angry soccer fan in Amsterdam tried to attack goalie Esteban Alvarado. Debbye Turner Bell reports the goalkeeper was kicked out after tipping the fan and kicking him several times. Source: CBS
Santa Rosa Dems speak out on Gulf Power hike
Letter to the Editor: The Rich Just Keep Getting Richer: Santa Rosa Democrats Oppose Gulf Power Rate Hikes Santa Rosa’s Democratic Executive Committee opposes any new rate increase for Gulf Power and…
What Your Holiday Beverage Says About You
Fun for the holidays, and more on the mark than a horoscope … The Daily Meal’s What Your “Drink” Says About You on a Date … see if you don’t say “Hey!!!…
Video: Teens Trashing Stores Goes Viral
Dan Harris reports on how authorities are dealing with the growing problem. Source: ABC
Monk and Hall, Their Conversation’s Beginning
The free-speech discussion that has grown out of a confrontation between Rev. Nathan Monk and Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall is rooted in an exchange the pair began earlier in the…
Wu responds to Hall criticism
Shawn Thomas wrote the following email to Pensacola City Councilman PC Wu and the other council members: Pensacola City Council: Though I am currently a resident of Gainesville, Pensacola is still my…
Free Driver’s Training
The holidays are here. For many, that means a lot of time on the road. Today only, Joda Collins Driving Academy will be giving free 30-minute driving evaluations to identify and correct…
Who is buried at Magnolia Cemetery?
The website findagrave.com lists 537–537 men, women, children and infants whose graves have been abandoned. The Magnolia Cemetery isn’t hidden. It’s in the heart of North Hill. Drive north on A Street…
Take the Plunge
New Year’s Day is a day for beginnings. What better way to start 2012 than with a chilly dip in theSanta Rosa Sound? Sunday, Jan. 1 meet up at the Paradise Bar…
No Christmas Cards for Congressmen
Members of Congress can’t wish anyone “Merry Christmas†via mail. Or “Happy New Year.â€Â None of them have asked about Festivus, apparently. More P.S. Festivus is Friday
It’s the Thought that Really Counts
For you procrastinating holiday shoppers, there is still time to purchase a meaningful, yet inexpensive gift. As the IN reported, FaithWorks Network Inc., a local not for profit geared toward helping the…
TMC Montage
This routinely gets me at the Academy Awards when we see how many great film actors or directors we have lost in a year… Turner Classic Movies did it for the year’s…
Two years later, Brownsville Middle School still vacant
Two years ago, Rev. Lutimothy May and his Friendship Missionary Baptist Church offered to buy the dilapidated Brownsville Middle School that was closed in 2007. Superintendent Malcolm Thomas refused to bring his…
Will IN outlast PNJ?
It’s not as farfetched as it seems. Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future claims that most print newspapers will be gone in five years. Circulation of print…
Hall responds to criticism
Statement by Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall “Citizens of Pensacola and anyone else wishing to address the City Council, enjoy more access to the deliberative process than citizens do in the…