Castles in the Sand: The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher (Florida History and Culture Series)
Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
"After losing on the legal front, a powerful coalition of agriculture and business interests, wastewater utilities, water managers and tax watchdogs is mounting a lobbying assault on pending federal rules that could force Florida to clean up pollution fouling lakes, canals, streams and beaches statewide." The target: A settlement a federal judge in Tallahassee approved last week in...
University of Florida News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Law professor John Stinneford was quoted in a Nov. 9 Florida Times-Union story about the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of cases involving juveniles who were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The Gradebook (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... for making a five-year commitment to their schools. A GRUELING BATTLE: The latest lawsuit against Florida's schooling system will take a long time to get through, and shouldn't be the only effort to improve the system, the Times editorializes. HECK NO, WE WON'T GO: A St. Lucie charter school files suit against the school district to stay open, the Port St. Lucie Tribune reports. DELAYED:...
The Gradebook (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY: Hillsborough celebrates winning a $100 million grant to reform teacher evaluations, pay, preparation and other aspects of the job from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Times photo, Edmund Fountain) SPEAKING OF TEACHER QUALITY: Someone has to prepare them, and the Florida Department of Education has decided to rate Florida's teacher preparation programs...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... of Palin-mania. It's hard not to compare the turn-out on the two tours. Jacksonville newspaper The Florida Times-Union notes that Huckabee's stop in Jacksonville drew far smaller crowds than Palin did one week later, had no lines forming days before the appearance, and found no need for the wristbands that Palin's tour has been employing. Perhaps it is unfair to compare the two tours, considering...
Bed and Breakfast Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... holiday travel increaseTampa Bay NewspapersTravel increases for turkey dayMiddletown JournalWVLT -Florida Times-Union -Detroit Free Pressall [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Georgia wildlife biologists say North Atlantic right whales are returning to Georgia and Florida coastal waters for the winter.
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... from the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sarah Palin fans await her visit to Orange Park Florida Times-Union Daily Sundial - MiamiHerald.com - Daily News & Analysis all 1,511 news articles »
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... Christian Science Monitor Queen Oprah's future plans, in 4 easy steps Chicago Sun-Times The South Florida Times - Afro American - Eurweb.com all 194 news articles »
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... in 4 easy steps Chicago Sun-Times End of an era: Winfrey ending show after 25 years The South Florida Times TheCelebrityCafe.com - abc7.com - Canada.com all 172 news articles »
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Who is Oprah's heir apparent in daytime?Chicago TribuneNEW YORK - Will it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of daytime television. …End of an era: Winfrey ending show after [...]
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... of Broward County, to do the interview. Bastien left Trinidad 14 years ago and now lives in South Florida with her husband. Sandra Bernard BastienHer enthusiasm immediately wakes you up. You can hear the smile in her voice. ’It is the way Obama uses hope as a theme to identify with his audience,’ she adds. ’Hope was trampled on, for the last eight years; we were hungry for hope.’ Passionate,...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... it did in the CQ sale. Following the shedding of CQ and Governing , the company continues to own Florida’s St. Petersburg Times daily newspaper, local business mag Florida Trend and the weekly newspaper Tampa Bay Times . Times Publishing itself is a unit of the non-profit Poynter Institute, which runs a journalism school and Poynter Online, the home of Jim Romenesko’s media industry...
