MIAMI — As the Florida Legislature sprints into action on Tuesday for its annual two-month session, lawmakers will face the politically volatile task of redrawing the electoral map (sure to attract a court challenge) and devising new ways to plug a $2 billion deficit in the state budget.
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State Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff and State Representative Erik Fresen, both Republicans, are co-sponsors of a measure to allow three large private resort casinos to open in Florida.
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Three things have happened in recent months that promise to change the nature of human relationships forever. A recent report indicates that the marriage rate in the United States is lower than its ever been and the birth rate continues to decline as well.
The fact that the marriage rate continues to fall is proof that men and women today are making up their own minds about who to marry and when rather than letting those things be determined by family or finances as they have been in the past. With women continuing to take a more prominent role in the work-force, they no longer have to be economically dependent on their husbands as they have been throughout history. This frees them...
Each NFL team will be represented, along with cars dedicated to the Super Bowl and the AFC and NFC champions.
Its a huge deal to incorporate our biggest legacy of racing with one of the nations favorite pastimes, said Kinsey Collins with Dallara.
The cars will first appear together on Monument Circle on Jan. 27-30 before being spread out across central Indiana on Feb. 2.
The Colts car will be at the new Near East Side Legacy Center near Arsenal Technical High School on Michigan Road. The other car locations will be kept secret until Feb. 2.
Visitors can get a map of the locations and could win a prize if they check in at all 36.
Four cars featuring...
SINGAPORE: The top three leisure activities among Singaporeans are eating, shopping and surfing the web.
A survey of more than 600 Singaporeans on their preferred leisure activities came up in this order.
More than two-thirds – or 68 per cent – cited food or dining-out as the top leisure activity in the MasterCard Survey on Consumer Purchasing.
Shopping was next with 65 per cent votes while surfing the web was third with 60 per cent.
Interest in languages and literature as well as learning crafts made the bottom of the list of preferred activities.
Only about a fifth — or about 20 per cent — of those who responded liked...
ENID
A popular downtown restaurant is closing until Enid Renaissance Project construction is concluded. The last day Pastimes will be open is Saturday.
However, Todd Humphrey, co-owner, said he plans to reopen after construction is done.
Pastimes, 223 S. Grand, is directly across the street from the site where a new event center will be built, adjacent to Cherokee Strip Conference Center. The event center is the main part of the $24.5 million Enid Renaissance Project, which also includes renovation of Convention Hall into a ballroom and meeting facility.
Humphrey, who owns the restaurant with his brother, Monte, said recent construction activity has created some...
Emerging Markets
Its a good thing Singapores national pastimes are shopping and eating, since the petite island nation is bursting at its seams with malls. Lately, however, the countrys mind-numbing malls seem to be under a bit of a cloud. Gadgets like iPads and smartphones still fly off the shelves, but retail sales have started to slow. Worried about a global recession, tempered tourism and government measures to cool the red-hot property market, Singaporeans are showing rare restraint in their competitive consumption.
Such moderation has spooked retail stocks and real-estate investment trusts, which have corrected in recent months. Take CapitaMall...
Recent police incidents and arrests in Fredericksburg:
CHILD NEGLECT:
Walmart, 1800 Carl D Silver Pkwy, 1/11 10:25 am. A customer reported that he found an infant left unattended inside a vehicle in the parking lot. The baby was crying and secured in a child restraint seat. A few minutes after the officer arrived on the scene, the baby’s mother returned to the car. The subsequent investigation revealed that the mother completed two separate shopping transactions in the store, leaving the infant in the vehicle for about thirty minutes. Emma Okyere, 37, of Stafford was arrested for felony child neglect and incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under a $1500...
HYDERABAD: Task Force sleuths raided a gambling den and apprehended seven persons at Chilakalguda on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house where a card game was going on.
Following the raid, police apprehended seven persons, including organiser T Mallikarjun and gamblers, K Thirupathi, W Kishore Kumar and N Santosh Kumar of Chilkalguda, S Peanty of Gandhi Nagar, M Narsing Goud of Lower Tank Bund and A Sudhaker of Amberpet. Police seized Rs 1.35 lakh in cash from their possession.
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Midi-Pyrenees News Cheap last minute tickets for the snow trains
One of the most popular pastimes in France during the winter season is of course heading to the mountains (either the Alpes or the Pyrenees) to go skiing or take part in other winter activities. There are peak times to try and avoid, or expect to pay more and find less accommodation, such as the February school holidays.
However, the end of January and March can be a good times to travel to the mountainous regions of France from Paris, with a good availability of snow trains. The risk of going in March of course is that the snow conditions may not be as good, but this is countered by the lower...
FREDERICKSBURG- A woman shopping at a Fredericksburg Walmart was arrested Thursday because police said she left her baby in her vehicle while in the store.
Emma Okyere, 37, of Stafford, was arrested for felony child neglect just before 10:30 am at the Walmart at 1800 Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg.
A customer reported that he found a crying infant left unattended inside a vehicle in the parking lot. The baby was in a child restraint seat, police said.
A few minutes after the officer arrivedat the store,...
