Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 12-15-11
EJones@SFLTimes.com SCOTT SETBACK A federal judge in Miami has ruled labor unions have the right to challenge Gov. Rick Scott's executive order requiring state employees …
EJones@SFLTimes.com SCOTT SETBACK A federal judge in Miami has ruled labor unions have the right to challenge Gov. Rick Scott's executive order requiring state employees …
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Obama administration said Monday it has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a U.S. surveillance drone captured …
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ The Tampa Tribune is laying off 165 more employees as its parent company tries to further cut costs.
MIAMI (AP) _ To avoid possibly dying in prison, convicted pyramid schemer Scott Rothstein is naming names and pledging to tell the complete truth about …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam are joining those opposing a plan …
DETROIT (AP) _ When Ida Byrd-Hill began thinking out an idea for an educational board game involving inventions, it wasn't out of necessity.
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Obamas are celebrating the holiday season with musical stars Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green and Jennifer Hudson at the annual “Christmas …
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ An arrest report says the man who confessed to stabbing his girlfriend to death told investigators he “blacked out from anger'' …
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) _ A Hutchinson tea party group says its depiction of a skunk as the new symbol of the U.S. president is satire …