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Friday, July 07, 2006

Florida in cross hairs of US hunt for oil



Christian Science Monitor - We can't drill near Florida's beaches ourselves because of worries over fishing and tourism, and in this context you've got to ask whether we're really going to allow Castro, a megalomaniac who has destroyed his country and all of his own resources
Source: www.csmonitor.com

Move cautiously on drilling
Courier-Post - should also join with Florida's senators who seek to forbid drilling within 125 miles of Florida's coast. This would provide a needed buffer against oil spills and prevent oil rigs from fouling the view that helps draw so many tourists to beaches
Source: www.courierpostonline.com

Oil and Trouble
Santa Barbara Independent - Although the bill passed Congress with a mere two hours of debate, it is expected to have a much harder time of it in the Senate, which is facing a filibuster from Florida’s senators regarding the potential fouling of Florida’s famous beaches due
Source: www.independent.com

Genetic Mutation in Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark
YubaNet - Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have found that the main color differences among Florida's mice - which These mice exist on beautiful white-sand beaches, inhabit the sand dunes and feed on sea oats," says Hoekstra. Their pristine
Source: www.yubanet.com

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Links to other sources of news and commentary



Online Journal - with the recent killing of seven members of a Palestinian family on a Gaza beach, a Libya's Colonel Gadafy, Panama's Manuel Noriega, Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, Iraq's where you can get a slice of pizza or a hot dog on nearly every block, one city
Source: onlinejournal.com

Women who exposed selves lose lawsuit against video company
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Brittany Lowry of Little Elm and Lezlie Fuller of Frisco accused Mantra Films of misappropriation and fraud after the two were videotaped in March 2002 flashing their breasts during a vacation at Panama City Beach, Fla. Fuller and Lowry, who were 17
Source: www.dfw.com

Delinquent properties targeted
Pensacola News Journal - property is very valuable, and I think it's going to be put to good use eventually," said Sumner, who is based in Panama City. the roofs and decks and applying some vinyl siding to the buildings," said Robert Harrell, whose Fort Walton Beach-based
Source: www.pensacolanewsjournal.com

Schultz, William Henry
Chattanoogan - Peters, MO, Clifford (Sharon) Tomes, Sewanee, TN, June Tomes, Mexico Beach, FL, Bill Tomes, Nashville, Phyllis Kelley, Panama City, FL, and Edwin (Fran) Henze, Bunker Hill, IN. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, at 2 p.m. in Hamilton
Source: www.chattanoogan.com

Twenty kids, eleven moms, one dad
CNN - CNN Programs ===== » Today's schedule NEWS » American Morning » Anderson Cooper 360 » Paula Zahn Now » Lou Posted By Shari Panama City Beach, Florida : 4:25 PM ET
Source: www.cnn.com

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

UP NORTH REAL ESTATE: Cottages for the taking 



Owning a cottage Up North has been a dream of generations of Michiganders, but now the dream is in limbo for many and second homes aren't selling like they used to. Properties in northern Michigan, where vacation homes are the bread and butter of dozens of real estate agencies, are going wanting.
Source: www.freep.com

Monday, July 03, 2006

Dangerous Currents Stalk Florida Panhandle-Florida



KLTV, TX - Jun 30, 2006The beaches of Walton County, Fla., are considered some of the most popular in ... More than 50 people have drowned in the waters along the Florida panhandle since ...
Source: www.kltv.com

Booming development driving away Persian Gulf's endangered ...
PlanetSave.com, ME - 19 minutes ago... turning hundreds of miles of pristine Arabian coastline into Florida-style luxury ... are worried about further bulldozing of Oman's pristine beaches, still some ...
Source: planetsave.com

Loved Ones Still Reeling From Sunbather's Death
ktla 5, CA - 7 hours ago... The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department doesn't allow street vehicles of any kind on the county's most popular beaches. In Florida, Miami Beach police ...
Source: ktla.trb.com

New House bill brings drilling threat closer
PensacolaNewsJournal.com, FL - Jun 24, 2006It would be ironic if Floridians ended up having to depend on President Bush to veto a bill on offshore drilling near Florida's beaches. ...
Source: www.pensacolanewsjournal.com