Investigators in suburban Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas and Fort Worth, are trying to piece together the history of a family targeted in a Christmas Day shooting that police believe was carried out…
Falcons Whine
Various Falcon players have been complaining to the media today. Drew Brees ran the score up on them breaking Dan Marino’s passing record last night. Hate it for them. MORE
Buzz: Heard we missed em …. He’s baaaack!!!!!!
According to a video on the bands website – David Lee Roth is rejoining  Van Halen for their 2012 Tour. Tickets go on sale Jan 10. Diamond Dave is 57. Yeah, 57.
Cameron loses appeal in BP case
Bloomberg reports Cameron International Corp. lost its appeal to derail the February nonjury trial over which companies should be blamed for the 2010 BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico….
Tax Scam: The Florida Real Estate Connection
Source: Florida News Connection By Les Coleman.. MIAMI – The Miami Herald reports that Florida is the number one state in the country for international residential real estate sales, with almost one-third…
Buzz: Thomas rejects NG buses
NorthEscambia.com reports today that ECUA is purchasing 50 new natural gas trash trucks and partnering with Energy Service of Pensacola to provide fuel to run them. Mayor Ashton Hayward approached Superintendent of…
Buzz: More on Shooting @ Buddy’s
Early evening on Friday, Dec. 23, Pensacola Police Officer Shawn Thompson shot Robert Donson outside the liquor store/club Tom Ann Buddy’s on Cervantes Street – near Pace Blvd. The IN has talked…
Video: Top five world news stories of 2011
From the Arab Spring to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, 2011 was a big year. Time Magazine deputy international editor Bobby Ghosh discusses the five biggest stories of the year. Source:…
SI columnist calls Roy Jones: “Traveling Sideshow”
Chris Mannix: “What Roy Jones Jr. is messing with is another matter all together. One of boxing’s alltime greats, a former pound-for-pound king, Jones, at 42, has become a traveling sideshow, a…
Video: Russians are protesting, too
People continue to protest…here, NYC, Syria, Greece and now Russia. Tens of thousands of demonstrators cheered Russian opposition leaders on Saturday and jeered the Kremlin in the biggest show of outrage yet…
Masses starving out of sight of cameras in North Korea
From Goole News: While North Korea prepares a lavish funeral for late leader Kim Jong-Il, outside the showpiece capital people are struggling to survive and so hungry they even eat grass, observers…
After 14 years, man reunited with Pensacola family
St. Pete Times had this story: 14 years after being left for dead, man reunites with family in St. Petersburg He agreed, and insisted he had family in Pensacola and Detroit. No…
Video: CBS News Predictions for 2012
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…
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!!!…