The Big Show Poll Question: What do you think of Bill McCollum refusal to endorse Rick Scott?

McCollum should endorse scott for the good of the party. We don't want Alex Sink to win
McCollum should withhold his endorsement to avoid looking hypocritical
Who cares what McCollum does? Scott doesn't need him anyway
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AUDIO: Dem Gov on Beck Rally: 'It's a Free Country, I Wish It Weren't'

September 3, 2010

Mass. Governor Deval Patrick was asked for his feeling about the "Restoring Honor" rally.


 

Report: Ground Zero Mosque Investor Contributed to Designated Terror Group

September 3, 2010

A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group, MyFox New York reports.

 

Unemployment Rate Rises To 9.6%

September 3, 2010

On Friday the Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls fell by 54,000 in August, short of the 90,000 drop Wall Street had expected. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.6%, inline with expectations, but ahead of the 9.5% reached in July.

Payrolls fall less than expected 54,000 in August

September 3, 2010

U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private payrolls growth surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up growth.

 

 

President Obama versus the world on jobs
For a president elected on a promise of showing a kinder American face to the world, Barack Obama doesn’t seem to mind throwing a few elbows at allies and rivals alike when it comes to the economy.
How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular

September 3, 2010

The Barack Obama that most Hoosiers remember voting for can still be found on YouTube. He stands before a cheering Elkhart high school gymnasium in August 2008, tireless, aspirational, promising a new America of jobs and hope. "We can choose another future," says the newcomer with the funny name. "So I ask you to join me."

 

Stimulus? Who Said Anything About a Stimulus?

September 3, 2010

The Obama administration is eager for you to know that the president will lay out bold new initiatives for the economy in a series of events next week - a Labor Day union rally, economic remarks in Cleveland (rebutting John Boehner?) on Wednesday and a full-dress press conference on Friday.
America Next?

September 1, 2010

A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force. This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the private security. But the police have been ordered not to intervene.

 

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More people moved to our state last year...but it's still not enough to make up for the previous years' losses.

Some Hillsborough County parents are displeased.

The Hideaway Bar has been empty for over a year.

Three people are dead after a crash at 8:40 last nite. Two cars collided at 34th and Chelsea in Tampa. 

National News

Top Amtrak officials declined to participate in an internal investigation until they were provided private lawyers on the government-owned company's dime, an unusual request considering they were not even targets of the probe.

Records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that Amtrak Treasurer Dale Stein, General Counsel Eleanor ...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against "America's toughest sheriff," Joe Arpaio in Phoenix, accusing him, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the county of refusing to fully cooperate in a federal investigation into allegations that he and his deputies are guilty of racial discrimination.

The lawsuit, filed in ...

BUXTON, N.C. | The last ferry left for the mainland, and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 110 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.

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BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north at the start of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast.

At first light, ...

MIAMI (AP) — A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said.

The FBI and Miami-Dade police were interviewing the 70-year-old man, the official said Friday. No ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for ...

World News

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Thursday that the sometimes strained relationship between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid.

Gen. David H. Petraeus said Mr. Karzai shares America's concerns about corruption in his country. Gen. Petraeus acknowledged "friction" over the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Thursday to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month, a modest achievement reached amid deep skepticism about success at their first such session in two years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That move likely would affect digital giants ...

GENEVA (AP) — A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.

Drafts of the report — circulated to governments earlier ...

SOUTH KOREA

Typhoon kills 4, suspends flights

SEOUL | Typhoon Kompasu struck South Korea Thursday, killing at least four people and toppling trees, streetlights and scaffolding in what was called the strongest storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years.

Powerful gusts knocked over power lines, cutting off electricity ...

Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed Thursday to pursue an interim understanding, or framework agreement, before ironing out a peace treaty during the first direct talks between the two sides since 2008.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for 1 1/2 hours behind closed doors with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ...

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