Buzz: Buddy’s owner pays liens

We’re hearing that the owners of Tom Ann Buddy’s, the site of frequent public disturbances and violence over the years, paid their nearly $40K lien….

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U.S. Chamber misstates unemployment prediction…or leaves out a few details.

FactCheck.org has caught the U.S. Chamber of Commerce misleading the public. The group claims in a TV ad that the Congressional Budget Office says unemployment…

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White House Fact Sheet: Women’s Preventive Services and Religious Institutions…beta version

The White House Office of the Press Secretary February 10, 2012 Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans will cover women’s preventive…

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FL Public Land Up For Grabs?

Source: Les Coleman/Florida News Connection Pending Florida legislation could convert some 500,000 acres of publicly owned shoreline into private ownership. Opponents, including Audubon Florida Director…

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BP fines could go into federal black hole

Congress, even a Republican-controlled one, can’t control its avarice when it comes to billions that BP will have to pay in environmental fines for the…

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Houston’s death not considered suspicious

Paramedics found singer Whitney Houston unresponsive in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel on the eve of the Grammy Awards. CBS News correspondent John…

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Victor Steen’s death part of Orlando Sentinel report

The Orlando Sentinel has investigated the deaths caused by Florida law enforcement vehicles. From 2006 to 2010, 118 people were killed in fatal crashes involving…

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BP won’t have to admit it’s a felon

BP, owner of the “Deepwater Horizon” oil platform that exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and spewing 205.8 million gallons of crude oil into…

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Veterans Bill of Rights

A Veterans Bill of Rights petition is being circulated by Project Foot, a charity for homeless veterans and military families. The Veterans Bill of Rights…

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Kudos to Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith

Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith (GJTBS) will celebrated 25 years of service to its clients on February 9, 2012. The Firm continues to grow…

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Allegations surface concerning Navarre High baseball coach

The Daily News reported that former Navarre High baseball coach Mickey O’Quinn resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced. O’Quinn was being investigated by the…

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St. Michael the Archangel, Pensacola, inaugurated as a Minor Basilica

Most Rev. Thomas G. Wenski, archbishop of Miami and apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, presided tonight at the Solemn Celebration of the Eucharist…

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Sen. Gaetz blasted for lynching metaphor

Representative Mia Jones (D-Jacksonville), chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus, issued the following statement: “Today, the 24 Members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus…

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Ice Flyers sign 3-year lease for Civic Center

Press Release: The Pensacola Ice Flyers are excited to announce that they have signed a new 3-year lease with Escambia County and thus will continue…

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A.A. Dixon Gets a Set of Wheels

Buses are something that most schools probably take advantage of, however the strain from renting them has cost A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence $150,000…

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City IT has issues

The City of Pensacola hired H2 Performance Consulting Corporation (H2PC) to conduct a review of the Management Information Systems (MIS) function of the City. The…

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Century: Drug Capital?

Century and north Escambia county have had two drug busts this week. NorthEscambia.com has covered both of them. A rolling meth lab was shutdown on…

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Dept. of Veterans Affairs has been outsourcing work rather than helping veterans

(Released by the AFGE) – Last November President Obama signed into law the “Vow to Hire Heroes Act” designed to increase employment opportunities for America’s…

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The Beach’s Other Bridge

It’d been a long night down at the Santa Rosa Island Authority meeting. The packed-house gallery had said their piece and board members had tossed…

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Florida Enters $25 Billion Joint State-Federal Mortgage Servicing Settlement

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Attorney General Pam Bondi today formally entered a landmark $25 billion joint federal-state agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses…

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