| Double wins put Crist in control
Gov. Charlie Crist addresses members of the Florida Association of Realtors along with Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, who holds his son Jackson, Tuesday night at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg. He then flew to Miami to join victor John McCain. Slideshow: Election photos .
Herald’s new reporter is from Wisconsin
The Williston Herald welcomes a new reporter from Wisconsin. Kate Kliner, a Milwaukee area native, attended Arizona State University for a couple years before returning to Milwaukee to attend the University of Milwaukee for two more years and wrapped up her studies in Paris, France this past summer.She was also able to do some extra sightseeing while in France."I got to travel a little after (I was finished with school)," Kliner said. "I went to Italy, Greece, Spain, Switzerland."Kliner was deciding between an internship in San Francisco, Calif. and working at the Herald and she decided it was the right fit for her.Before coming to Williston, Kliner had been working for Kohls writing product descriptions for their catalog. .
We’ve been robbed of our Englishness
As the nation settled down on Wednesday night to watch England play Croatia, I sensed an air of optimism in the land. A feeling that all would be well. I mean hey, England were holding their own against Brazil when Croatia didn’t even exist as a nation state. So what chance would these swarthy-looking Yugo-ruffians have? They were minnows in a tank of sharks. They weren’t going to be beaten. They were going to be eaten. Hmmm. I’m afraid I knew we were going to lose moments before the match began. I looked at our players mumbling their way through the national anthem and realised they didn’t really care about playing for England. Because they don’t really know what England is. And truth be told, neither do I. When I was their age it was crystal clear.
Colletto a poor choice as coordinator
Two questions: 1) If Marinelli is fired what happens to Millen? I don't know how he's hung on this long and I'm at the point where I no longer blame him, he's probably doing the best he can, he's simply in over his head. I blame WCF for tolerating such obvious incompetence. 2) If WCF won't fire Millen what can I do as a football fan? After 30 years, I simply can't stomach this team anymore. If WCF doesn't care whether the Lions win why should I? .
The Broadcasters’ Big Payday
Feb. 5, dubbed "Super-Duper Tuesday," will see primaries in more than 20 states, including huge media "markets" like New York, Illinois and California. Barack Obama, Clinton and John Edwards will have to continue to raise huge sums, only to hand most of it over to broadcasters, who, through their control of the public airwaves, dole out access to the electorate. One way Fox News/News Corp. recently tried to influence the process was to exclude Ron Paul from a Republican candidate forum in New Hampshire, two days before that state's first-in-the-nation primary. Paul was the most successful fundraiser among Republican candidates in the fourth quarter of 2007; he decisively beat Rudy Giuliani in the Iowa caucus, with 10 percent of the vote versus Giuliani's 4 percent. Fox nixed Paul from the debate, while Giuliani was welcomed.
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