Wall Street Journal: The numbers are in on Obama’s tax-cut compromise with the GOP, and they’re not pretty. Senate leaders began debating the measure Thursday night, and unveiled the plan’s estimated cost…
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TaxWatch finds $4B in savings
Press Release: A prominent group comprised of current and former government officials, business leaders, organizational experts, and renowned academics have released a report of 125 ideas worth more than $4 billion in…
China refuses to release Nobel Prize winner
Washington Post/AP: China has refused to release Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the awards ceremony in Oslo. Liu is serving an 11-year sentence for writing and circulating a…
Remembering Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, died yesterday after a six-year battle with breast cancer. She was a brilliant lawyer and author. When in New Orleans for the The Daily…
Supreme Court to hear Wal Mart discrimination case
It’s the largest class action employment lawsuit in US history. The U.S. Supreme Court will review a federal appeals court decision that allowed a single suit to cover women who had worked…
WikiLeaks Founder arrested
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London Monday on a Swedish warrant on suspicion of rape. He was nabbed at 9:30 in the morning after turning himself in at a London…
Senate president pleads guilty
Florida Senate President Mike Haridoplolos pleaded guilty last week to leaving out details about his consulting company on his financial filings. Haridopolos, failed to disclose income to his consulting business, MJH Consulting….
Top 5 Post-BP Jobs for Tony Hayward
What is Tony Hayward, former BP CEO, gonna do with all that free time? Well, after so many months of following him so closely on the job, L Magazine feels like it…
GOP presidential longshot: Haley Barbour
The Daily Beast reports on the man behind the media success of Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour. Read Haley Barbour’s Secret Weapon.
Nodine legal moves
Mobile Press Register reports attorneys for murder defendant Stephen Nodine asked a judge Tuesday to bar testimony from expert witnesses hired by prosecutors in the former Mobile County commissioner’s upcoming trial. Read…
Feinberg to pay all emergency claims by Dec. 15
Mobile Press Register reports Oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg says that he made several changes to his final claims process to answer concerns that a Justice Department official raised last week….
Ray Sansom lands job
Former Florida Speaker of the House Ray Sansom is now the dean of Okaloosa Academy Charter School, according to the Daily News. Read Sansom lands job, seeks trial delay