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Clinton's Strategy: Pray for Rain
Clinton's
Strategy:
Pray for Rain
Mar 4, 2008 10:50 AM CST

Clinton's Strategy: Pray for Rain

Without a clear course, campaign eyes bad Obama press, Fla. revote

(Newser) - With delegate math and the campaign narrative both against her, Hillary Clinton’s current strategy is simply to hope for the best, Politico reports. “Some other, yet unknown, turn of events” must conspire to help her out—and Clintonites are looking to Barack Obama’s recent spate of bad...

Fireman Dead in Fla. Wendy's Shooting

Unemployed gunman injured 5 others before taking own life

(Newser) - A gunman killed a local firefighter and wounded five others in a West Palm Beach Wendy's today before taking his own life, the Palm Beach Post reports. Shooter Alburn Edward Blake left no suicide note but was said by one witness to be an ex-worker at the restaurant. "Looks...

Conrad Black Starts 6½-Year Prison Term

Ex-media tycoon surrenders in Fla. as he appeals ruling

(Newser) - Ex-newspaper mogul Conrad Black arrived at a Florida prison today to start his 6-and-1/2 year term for fraud and obstruction of justice, Reuters reports. He stayed mum as his wife drove him in, but is appealing the ruling that he helped bilk his former company of $6.1 million. "...

Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

Worker disabled two levels of protective backup systems

(Newser) - One engineer's blunder shut off the power in Florida Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Light & Power says a field engineer diagnosing a faulty switch disabled two levels of safety backups—against company policy—as he worked. In a bit of extremely unfortunate timing, a fault then occurred that...

Stowaway Cat Headed Home After 3 Weeks

Meatloaf survived trip from Florida to Phoenix without food, water

(Newser) - Being a bit on the chubby side probably saved Meatloaf the cat's life, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The year-old feline wandered into a man's moving container in Florida and was rescued three weeks later when an employee at a Phoenix warehouse heard meowing coming from a crate. Meatloaf, emaciated...

Power Returns to Millions in Fla.
Power Returns to Millions in Fla.
Feb 26, 2008 4:40 PM CST

Power Returns to Millions in Fla.

Authorities rule out terrorism but disagree on cause

(Newser) - A blackout that cut off millions of Florida residents today is ending, authorities say, but they disagree on the cause. Florida Power & Light blames a substation west of Miami for sparking the outage, and a state emergency office says a station south of Miami suffered a mechanical failure that...

Huge Power Outage Strikes Fla.
Huge Power Outage Strikes Fla.
UPDATED
Feb 26, 2008 2:30 PM CST

Huge Power Outage Strikes Fla.

Cause uncertain; 8 plants offline

(Newser) - Power outages concentrated in the Miami area struck across Florida just after 1 this afternoon, the Miami Herald reports. The lights started coming back on within 2 hours, but the cause of the blackout still wasn't known. Both nuclear reactors at the Turkey Point plant south of Miami automatically shut...

Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons
Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons
Feb 21, 2008 9:16 AM CST

Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons

Dumped American pets thriving in wild on global warming

(Newser) - Burmese pythons could rapidly establish a stranglehold on the southern US due in part to snake-loving global warming, according to a new government report. With climate change and more pet owners releasing unwanted snakes into the wild, the adaptable serpent could soon call home any area from Northern California through...

Florida Schools Must Teach Evolution

But science teachers must present it as theory, not fact

(Newser) - Teachers in Florida's public schools must for the first time teach evolution, but they must present it as a "scientific theory" rather than a fact, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. The state's Board of Education approved the new curriculum standards today. The old ones made no mention of evolution. Religious...

South Florida Quiet After Castro Resigns

Exile leaders stress need for democracy on island nation

(Newser) - Few South Florida Cubans bothered to celebrate Fidel Castro's retirement today, the Miami Herald reports. Exile leaders dismissed the power shift to Castro's brother Raul as politics as usual for the island nation. "Just because he has given up a title, doesn't mean he has given up power,''...

Church Launches 'Sex Challenge'
Church Launches
'Sex Challenge'
Feb 19, 2008 7:51 AM CST

Church Launches 'Sex Challenge'

Daily sex for marrieds, none for singles, pastor proposes

(Newser) - A Florida church has issued a 30-day "sex challenge" to its members that's likely to be a much bigger hit with those who are married—at least the husbands among them—than the singles, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Relevant Church wants married couples to have sex every...

Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self
Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self 
OPINION
Feb 18, 2008 9:20 PM CST

Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self

Dems now need the scream that ruined him, TNR scribe argues

(Newser) - The Howard Dean who once shocked Washington is now a model of docility, “unwilling or afraid to confront the establishment that was once so afraid of him," the New Republic’s Eve Fairbanks argues. The Democratic National Committee chair is also the wrong man for a bitter primary...

Twisters Tear Through South
Twisters Tear Through South
Feb 17, 2008 8:03 PM CST

Twisters Tear Through South

Tornadoes wreck homes, topple poles as Wis. snowstorm benches Dems

(Newser) - A barrage of tornadoes ripped through the South today as cold rain and snow blanketed parts of the Midwest, the AP reports. Twisters left toppled power lines, shattered windows, and wrecked homes in Alabama and Florida, causing injuries but no fatalities. “You see it on TV," said a...

Clinton, Obama Bicker About How to Count Superdelegates

He says obey voter will; she wants autonomy

(Newser) - As superdelegates appear ever more likely to play a deciding role in the Dems' hotly contested primary battle, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are pushing very different visions of how they should decide how to vote, the Washington Post reports. Obama wants them to follow the will of voters in...

Deputy Charged for Dumping Quadriplegic

She turns herself in to Fla. jail after thousands see video

(Newser) - A Florida sheriff’s deputy turned herself in today after dumping a quadriplegic from his wheelchair during a jailhouse booking last month, MSNBC reports. Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones was promptly released on $3,500 bail and will face a charge of felony abuse of a disabled person. She was already a...

Hillary Finds Herself in Rudy's Spot

Will Ohio, Texas voters hold out against Obama-mentum?

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s nomination bid suddenly resembles the plan that failed Rudy Giuliani: Like Hizzoner’s Florida firewall, Clinton must hope voters in Texas and Ohio are unaffected by a month of good news for Barack Obama. Clinton still leads polls in the big states that vote March 4, and...

Fla. Cop Throws Quadriplegic From Chair

Four suspended after 'indefensible' tape of arrest surfaces

(Newser) - Four Florida deputies have been suspended after one was taped dumping a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair and searching him on a jailhouse floor, Tampa Bay’s 10 News reports. The footage is silent, but Brian Sterner says deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones was irritated he refused to stand up. “It...

She Buckled Up Beer, Not Baby
She Buckled Up Beer, Not Baby
Feb 6, 2008 11:53 AM CST

She Buckled Up Beer, Not Baby

Fla. woman busted for drunken driving heading to Super Bowl party

(Newser) - A woman driving drunk on a Florida highway had safely buckled up a case of Busch beer for a Super Bowl party—but not the year-old baby riding in the back of her car, according to police. The woman was pulled over after she ran a red light and was...

Hispanics Key to Both Fla. Wins
Hispanics Key to Both Fla. Wins
Jan 30, 2008 8:10 AM CST

Hispanics Key to Both Fla. Wins

Seniors also tip scales for McCain, Clinton

(Newser) - The Hispanic vote clinched the Florida victories of both John McCain and Hillary Clinton, the Miami Herald reports. McCain's POW experience especially resonated with Cuban-Americans, and Hispanic voters' fondness for Bill Clinton boosted Hillary, who won among Hispanics by a 2-1 margin over Obama. The strong presence of retirees also...

Clinton's Numbers Spell Trouble
Clinton's Numbers Spell Trouble
OPINION
Jan 30, 2008 3:58 AM CST

Clinton's Numbers Spell Trouble

Hillary's Florida win bares problematic voting patterns, say the Nation

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton took half the Democratic vote in Florida's primary but the numbers should still give her as much to worry about as to celebrate, writes the Nation. She took only a quarter of the black vote and came behind John Edwards in some rural counties—an ominous sign ahead...

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