By Calvin Palmer
With healthcare reform the dominant issue throughout the United States at the moment, Jacksonville entered the debate with a forum held in Mandarin this week.
The Florida Times-Union in its report said the only panelist among the panel of North East Florida healthcare leaders and analysts who was a clear supporter of President Obama’s [...]
July 24, 2009
Republican hopes to turn the clock back and bring healthcare disaster
July 24, 2009
Briton among four killed in Maryland helicopter crash
By Calvin Palmer
A British-born man was one of four people killed when a helicopter crashed on Interstate 70, in Maryland, and burst into flames.
Niall R.Y. Booth, a native of Dorking, in Surrey, England, had moved to U.S. in the 1990s with his American wife. He lived in Colorado Spring, Colo., before moving to Maryland.
Investigators still [...]
July 24, 2009
Amy Winehouse — a champion for a lost cause
By Calvin Palmer
Amy Winehouse enters the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London, today, where she was cleared of assaulting dancer Sherene Flash while backstage at the Prince’s Trust Ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September.
District Judge Timothy Workman said: “Having heard the evidence from all the witnesses, I cannot be sure that this was [...]
July 24, 2009
Cancer scam woman found dead after theft by fraud charge filed
By Calvin Palmer
An Idaho woman who organized a cancer donation scam that brought in thousands of dollars and gifts from celebrities has been found dead of an apparent suicide.
Melissa Ann Rice, 24, of Ammon, Idaho, apparently committed suicide days after a charge of grand theft by fraud was filed against her.
Her body was found on [...]
July 24, 2009
Nude sculpture at shopping center has the usual suspects complaining
By Calvin Palmer
A bronze statue outside a shopping center in South Florida has come under criticism from the usual sources.
The PTA president of a nearby elementary school has e-mailed parents asking them to complain about the sculpture by artist Itzik Asher outside the Addison Plaza shopping center, west of Delray Beach.
The sculpture, titled Journey to [...]
