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Last Updated: 4:15 PM 02/09/10Fashion is an ever-changing industry, but many of the styles we see today have been fashionable before. 
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A Look at the New Panama City International Airport
Last Updated: 2:48 PM 02/09/10Airport will officially open on May 23rd.
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CFO Sink Fights For Tougher Senior Investor Fraud Laws
Last Updated: 2:33 PM 02/09/10Sink Announces Legislation to Increase the Penalties for Agents Misleading Senior Investors.
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Last Updated: 1:56 PM 02/09/10Florida CFO Alex Sink called for Florida’s Attorney General and Office of Financial Regulation Commissioner Tom Cardwell to be more aggressive in holding financial institutions that may have misled Florida’s citizens accountable.
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City Accepting Nominations for 2010 Valdosta Preservation Awards
Last Updated: 1:51 PM 02/09/10The City of Valdosta is accepting nominations for the second annual Valdosta Preservation Awards, which recognize significant historic preservation projects that contribute to the preservation and enhancement of historic buildings in the local Valdosta Historic District.
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Last Updated: 1:45 PM 02/09/10 - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will convene its next meeting at the Franklin County Courthouse in Apalachicola Feb. 17-18. (Full Story) |
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Transforming Teacher Pay
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Death of Kerrigan's Father is Ruled A Homicide
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Last Updated: 2:49 PM 02/09/10 - The findings could prompt new charges against Kerrigan's brother, Mark, who has pleaded not guilty to assault and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. (Full Story) |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Appealing for bipartisanship in a town where it's hard to find, President Barack Obama sat down with Democrats and Republicans Tuesday to spur cooperation on job creation, deficit reduction and health care overhaul. He promised to do his part - but warned he would take Republicans to task if they don't do the same.... - Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.... - US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone.... - Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard.... - Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday, an acceleration of its nuclear program that was followed by a U.S. threat of a "significant regime of sanctions."... - Kerrigan's family criticizes autopsy report on dad
BOSTON (AP) -- The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan has criticized an autopsy report about her father's death and insists it was not a homicide.... - ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were likely set by an individual or a group of people, federal authorities said Tuesday.... - White House mocks Sarah Palin from podium
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.... - Beyonce, Alicia Keys shoot music video in Rio slum
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Grammy Award-winning singers Beyonce and Alicia Keys are filming a music video in a Rio de Janeiro slum. Brazilian news media report that the singers are at the Morro da Conceicao shantytown to shoot a video for Keys' "Put It In a Love Song," from the album "The Element of Freedom."... - Man claims Va. deputies beat him for burping
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- A Roanoke man claims sheriff's deputies beat him in the city jail because of his burping. Thomas Scott Vandegrift made the allegations in a federal lawsuit filed last week against several deputies, the city, the sheriff's office and the sheriff. According to the lawsuit, the deputies were annoyed by Vandegrift's burping, which was caused by acid reflux....
- Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard.... - Police debate use of family DNA to ID suspects
DENVER (AP) -- Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solving technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or son has been in trouble with the law and is in a DNA database because of it, you, too, could fall under suspicion.... - Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Over the past 12 years, Josh Libresco's health insurance premium has increased almost eight-fold for his family of four.... - Kerrigan's family criticizes autopsy report on dad
BOSTON (AP) -- The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan has criticized an autopsy report about her father's death and insists it was not a homicide.... - Cops search San Antonio landfill for missing baby
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Police began excavating a landfill Tuesday in search of a body or other evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy who was last seen with his mother at a San Antonio hotel on the day after Christmas.... - Evacuations under way for LA-area foothills
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) -- Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.... - Murtha's death sets stage for marquee House race
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat - and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.... - Mass. mom convicted of murder in 4-year-old's OD
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter.... - ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday.... - Workers spent 80-plus hours a week at Conn. plant
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Some workers building a Connecticut power plant shattered by a gas explosion had been spending more than 80 hours a week there before the blast killed five of them Sunday, The Associated Press has learned. One employee said workers smelled gas less than an hour beforehand and were told to open doors wider for air....
- US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone.... - Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday, an acceleration of its nuclear program that was followed by a U.S. threat of a "significant regime of sanctions."... - Sri Lankan parliament dissolved ahead of new vote
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament Tuesday to make way for spring elections a day after authorities arrested a key opposition leader, crippling the only serious threat to the ruling party's stifling grip on power.... - Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.... - Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up.... - Europe searches for way out of debt crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The euro is under siege - and the next few days will be crucial.... - Nigerian vice president now acting president
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's vice president is telling the nation he has assumed the presidency as the West African nation's leader remains hospitalized in Saudi Arabia.... - Dubai tower shut after visitors stuck in elevator
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.... - Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.... - Over 60 feared dead, 400 hurt in Afghan avalanches
KABUL (AP) -- A series of avalanches engulfed a mountain pass in Afghanistan, trapping hundreds of people in their buried cars and killing as many as 64 people so far, authorities said Tuesday....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.... - Obama meets with GOP, says can spur job growth
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Appealing for bipartisanship in a town where it's hard to find, President Barack Obama sat down with Democrats and Republicans Tuesday to spur cooperation on job creation, deficit reduction and health care overhaul. He promised to do his part - but warned he would take Republicans to task if they don't do the same.... - Senate Democrats unveil jobs package
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.... - Murtha's death sets stage for marquee House race
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat - and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.... - Obama speaks hopefully of movement on jobs bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he doesn't think it's necessary to get an ideal jobs package out of Congress, but that passing something quickly could build momentum toward greater achievements.... - Obama: US developing new sanctions for Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is developing a "significant regime of sanctions" after Iran apparently spurned an offer to negotiate over its suspect nuclear program, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.... - Cribs recalled after 3 deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants.... - White House mocks Sarah Palin from podium
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.... - Obama: Energy policy must have some old, some new
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the country must develop cleaner energy technologies while at the same time still relying upon traditional power sources like nuclear and coal.... - Clinton asked to intervene in Haiti kidnap case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti appealed Tuesday for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.... - Senate Democrats unveil jobs package
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.... - Stocks jump on hopes for Greece debt assistance
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden.... - Europe searches for way out of debt crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The euro is under siege - and the next few days will be crucial.... - Disney posts flat 1Q profit, beating estimates
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. says it made $844 million in the holiday quarter, roughly flat compared with a year earlier, as restructuring charges offset cost cutting and gains at ESPN and the Disney Channel.... - Cribs recalled after 3 deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants.... - Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google is making it easier to socialize on its e-mail service. It's unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook.... - Job openings plunged by one-quarter last year
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finding a job got much tougher last year, as the number of available openings fell by nearly one quarter.... - Another winter blast helps boost heating oil price
Heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot of snow on the East Coast.... - Strong overseas sales put fizz in Coca-Cola's 4Q
NEW YORK (AP) -- International sales again added fizz to Coca-Cola's fourth quarter, while sales in North America softened, to lift profit 55 percent in the last three months of the year....
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google is making it easier to socialize on its e-mail service. It's unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook.... - PayPal's India transaction block could last months
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.... - Warner CEO sees e-book `fracas' as helping music
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers.... - Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.... - Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook
NEW YORK (AP) -- A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.... - Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.... - MySpace Music experiments with audio ads
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.... - Google reduces fee to break Nexus One contract
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BEIJING (AP) -- Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.... - SAP CEO resigns, replaced by 2 co-chief executives
FRANKFURT (AP) -- The chief executive of German software company SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, has resigned after his contract was not renewed and will be succeeded by two co-CEOs, the company said Sunday....
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