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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Amazon's new high-end Kindle lacks FCC approval for sale
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Times-Union analysis: Nearly 200 Northeast Florida police officers leave under a cloud
Jacksonville Local News – Jacksonville.com and The Florida Times-Union
Dozens of police officers on the First Coast have been fired or left on their own while being investigated since 2007, according to an analysis of discipline records by the Times-Union.
The newspaper requested the names of every officer at the Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Nassau and Baker county sheriff's offices that have been suspended, demoted, resigned under investigation or fired since 2007.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Feds: Fla. dumping disabled kids in nursing homes
MiamiHerald.com: Florida
More than 3,300 children with disabilities are at risk of being pushed into adult nursing homes because the state is slashing nursing and other services that would otherwise keep them at home with their families, according to a lawsuit filed against state health officials.
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Citizens approves new reinspection program, low-interest loans for insurers
MiamiHerald.com: Florida
The governing board of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. approved a new reinspection program for property owners and a controversial plan to offer $350 million in low-interest loans to private insurers who take on some of the company's policy holders.
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Investors woefully illiterate about finances, study finds
A new report from the Securities and Exchange Commission shows terrible things can happen when regular people try to invest like Wall Street bigwigs.
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US health care: It's officially a mess, report says
The U.S. health care system wasted $750 billion in 2009, about 30 percent of all health spending, on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems, according to a new Institute of Medicine report that calls for coordination and accountability.
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DCF makes small change to food stamp policy
MiamiHerald.com: Florida
State welfare officials are trying to curb fraud and waste in the food stamp program, announcing they will no longer pay food stamp benefits to residents if their mail is returned as undeliverable.
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Fla. approves removal of 150,000 Citizens policies
MiamiHerald.com: Florida
Florida has approved the removal of 150,000 policies, including those covering homeowners, from state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Co.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Rights group: US waterboarded Gadhafi opponents
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Poll: Cellphone users dump apps to save privacy
Consumers have grown so concerned about privacy on their mobile phones that most avoid downloading some apps, and many others have removed apps out of concerns about data sharing, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Report: 15% of Americans on food stamps
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City budget will maintain trash pickup for downtown businesses and police at sports events.
Jacksonville Local News – Jacksonville.com and The Florida Times-Union
Garbage collection from downtown Jacksonville commercial customers will continue and police officers will still work EverBank Field events, the result of budget compromises reached during City Council review.
Both items had been sticking points in the council's examination of the proposed 2012-13 budget.
Mayor Alvin Brown's plan originally would have eliminated the downtown garbage pickup to save several hundred thousand dollars.
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3M abandons sticky notes deal
3M Company has abandoned its plan to acquire a competitor who sells labels and sticky notes after the government said it would fight the proposed merger, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. 
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Duval County School Board votes to its own lawyer for school system
Jacksonville Local News – Jacksonville.com and The Florida Times-Union
The Duval County School Board agreed to hire an in-house legal counsel Tuesday.
The board approved the $150,000 annual salary position with a 6-1 vote. By the same vote, it then hired General Counsel attorney Karen Chastain. Board member Tommy Hazouri voted "no" both times.
Chastain has been working with the district for about a decade while she was employed by the General Counsel's Office.
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