Orlando Sentinel has all the details on the new book by retired prosecutor Jeff Ashton. In it, Ashton writes that soon before her murder trial began, Casey Anthony told two mental health…
Buzz: Little political support for curfew
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds has been pushing for a teen curfew since last spring. After nearly six months of preaching its virtues, Jerralds has garnered little political support for his idea….
School buzz: Godzilla upset, knife-welding 9yo destroys classroom
School Board member Jeff “Godzilla” Bergosh wants to put another obstacle in front of law enforcement investigating crimes on public school campuses. “I believe the district needs a better policy which affords…
DAs battle over Nodine case
Angel Downs, girlfriend of former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine, suffered a gunshot wound to the head outside her Gulf Shores home in May 2010. A December trial for Nodine on the…
Myrtle Grove disappears after Clean Sweep
Four and a half tons of debris was collected in the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Operation Clean Sweep today in the Myrtle Grove community. Traffic checkpoints issued 24 citations, also making one…
Wife: Cain “totally respects women” (video)
Gloria Cain is defending her husband, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, after multiple sexual harassment accusations. Jan Crawford reports on Mrs. Cain’s upcoming Fox News interview, as well as some highlights from…
Winner: Gus Brandt
Pollstar has announced its nominees for its annual awards for concerts. The Hangout Music Festival has been nominated for Music Festival of the Year. Pensacola native Gus Brandt is up for the…
Limbo for Occupy
Occupy Pensacola now sits in an undefined limbo. But it seems limbo’s time may be limber. After camping on the lawn at Pensacola City Hall for the past two weeks, the local…
ESP to Host CNG Workshop
Pensacola officials will join other natural-gas players for a workshop in Miramar Beach in December. The event will focus on transitioning commercial fleets to run on compressed natural gas (CNG). “With the…
Video: SNL vs. actual GOP debate
In case you were busy on Saturday night and missed the latest Republican presidential debate, it was all about foreign policy and very little new ground was broken. Instead the more entertaining…
Party at Rubio’s
Marco Rubio’s having a party in Pensacola on Thursday, but the U.S. senator probably won’t show. “He most likely won’t be there, but he will know we’re there,†said Lee Pryor, of…
Human guinea pigs
London’s Independent today reported evidence that large drug companies have are exploiting Indian ‘guinea pigs’ for drug testing. Among the incidents they uncovered were the deaths of several girls after an immunization…
The P.R. Nightmare continues…
Herman Cain says a man’s pizza is a reflection of his masculinity… or I guess that is what he was saying, : “”A manly man don’t want it piled high with vegetables!…
Bachmann parody video
This one’s from the Second City.
One Percent fights back
“What do we want? The rest of it.” See all the CollegeHumor Original Videos here.
Rising Star Nominations
IN SEEKS RISING STAR NOMINATIONS Deadline Nov. 30, 2011 In 2008, our newspaper began our Rising Stars program to honor the leaders in the under-35 crowd. Independent News has published each January…
CBS News/Nat. Journal post-debate analysis
CBS News political analyst John Dickerson provides post-debate analysis of the CBS News/National Journal “commander-in-chief” debate. Source: CBS
Billboard picks best tweets of the week
Here’s their round-up of singers’, rockers’ and rappers’ 20 coolest and funnest tweets from the past seven days – Billboard.
Eighth Wonders of the World
Mental Floss lists 11 things throughout history that have been billed as The 8th Wonder Of The World. Read the full text here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106386#ixzz1dbClJ7Gj –brought to you by mental_floss!
Muckreads 11.13.11
Here are this week’s top must-read stories from #MuckReads, ProPublica’s ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and just including the hashtag…
