TweetWASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial disclosure forms. Led by House Rules Committee ranking member Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), 20 House Democrats sent a letter to the Judicial Conference of the United States [...]

TweetPresident Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage On this day in 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gives a speech before Congress in support of guaranteeing women the right to vote. Although the House of Representatives had approved a 19th constitutional amendment giving women suffrage, the Senate had yet to vote on the measure. Wilson had actually [...]

Tweet Record low interest rates and bargain home costs are attracting buyers to take out loans Denise Marsh bought a smaller, more affordable, home in Weston after having… (Carey Wagner, Sun Sentinel Denise Marsh bought a smaller, more affordable, home in Weston after having… (Carey Wagner, Sun Sentinel) August 31, 2011|By Donna Gehrke-White, Sun Sentinel [...]

TweetRon Paul raised $5 million in the third fundraising quarter, CNN is reporting.      What’s especially striking about the amount is that Paul is likely to be the lone candidate to raise more this quarter, which is traditionally a tough one, than he did in the preceding one. Last time, he raised $4.5 million. It [...]

Tweet Charles Eugene (Pat) Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor and writer who was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Boone was reared primarily in Nashville, Tennessee, a place he still visits. His family moved to Nashville from Florida when Boone was two [...]

Tweet Two salt water aquariums, highlighting the coral and underwater life off the coast of Miami, will flank the backstop at the new Marlins Ballpark. Don’t fear for those fishes, if a foul ball hits the tanks, they will be made out of lexan, otherwise known as bulletproof glass. “Our new ballpark will be the [...]

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TweetNational Journal (from whom we stole the idea paid homage to in starting the Florida Insider’s poll): Move over, Iowa. Make room, New Hampshire. Florida could be the new presidential kingmaker, according to the results of this week’s National Journal Political Insiders Poll. Strategists and advisers from both parties said the Sunshine State will be more important [...]

Tweet During an interview that aired on CNN’s “The Situation Room” on Wednesday night, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suggested that members of the African American community “have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view.” The former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza said, “I have received some of that same vitriol [...]

TweetFamous Republicans and Conservatives  Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22, 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League baseball player and manager. 2009 marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He [...]