State Endeavour starts mission with night launch

Endeavour starts mission with night launch »

Photo: Courtesy of NASA Endeavour, NASA’s youngest space shuttle, became the final orbiter to lift off at night with its launch to the the International Space Station this morning. Built as a replacement after the shuttle Challenger...

February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Warren Sapp charged with domestic battery

Warren Sapp charged with domestic battery »

Sapp with the Buccaneers in 2003MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Former NFL star Warren Sapp has been charged with domestic battery in South Florida, and the analyst will not be part of the NFL Network’s Super...

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Theories abound on type of shark to bite surfer as authorities await official cause of death

Theories abound on type of shark to bite surfer as authorities await official cause of death »

Perhaps University of Florida ichthyologist George Burgess summed it up best when he described our collective fascination with shark attacks. “Dying is dying, but dying in the mouth of a shark has a special effect on...

February 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »
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Local restaurateur to operate county Resource Center café »

Local restaurateur to operate county Resource Center café

The thriving Citrus County Resource Center between Lecanto and Beverly Hills will soon be getting a new feature that has a lot of people...

Feb 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Boy Scouts celebrate Centenniel Feb. 7-13 »

Boy Scouts celebrate Centenniel Feb. 7-13

The Citrus County Commission has proclaimed the week of Feb. 7 through Feb. 13 as “Boy Scouts of America Centennial Week” in Citrus County. The...

Feb 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Education foundation names teacher, employee of year »

Education foundation names teacher, employee of year

The Citrus County Education Foundation on Jan. 28 named its choices for Teacher of the Year and School-Related Employee of the Year. Honored as Teacher...

Feb 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

County commission responds to 4-H, belly dancer issue »

County commission responds to 4-H, belly dancer issue

4-H'er Katie Mattingly addresses the county commission about her club's use of the Lecanto Canning Center. One of the more colorful stories making the...

Feb 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Citrus County wants to do something about its homeless »

Citrus County wants to do something about its homeless

Citrus County government wants to do something about the homeless within its borders. At the urging of County Commission Chairman Gary Bartell, the county plans...

Feb 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

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Official: 95 pct. accounted for after Conn. blast »

Official: 95 pct. accounted for after Conn. blast

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Connecticut fire official says at least 95 percent of the nearly 100 workers who were at a power plant that exploded are accounted for. Middletown Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano said Monday that most of the workers are accounted for, judging by...

Feb 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Hundreds of thousands without power after Eastern snowstorm »

Hundreds of thousands without power after Eastern snowstorm

(CNN) — Air traffic in Washington picked up after a day of cancellations, but hundreds of thousands along the Eastern seaboard remained without power after a major snowstorm wound down. More than 300,000 people from Pennsylvania to Virginia were without electricity Sunday morning, utility companies reported....

Feb 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »

‘Huge’ explosion reported at Conn. power plant »

‘Huge’ explosion reported at Conn. power plant

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – At least two people were killed in a large explosion at a gas power plant on Sunday, officials report. CNN, citing police officials, reported at least two people were dead and the death toll was expected to rise. Black smoke was seen billowing from...

Feb 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Monster storm heads up Atlantic seaboard »

Monster storm heads up Atlantic seaboard

Stocking up for "Snowmageddon" in D.C.A snowstorm dubbed “Snowmageddon” — not just major, but historically major — was bearing down on the U.S. capital on Friday, threatening to dump as much as 65 centimetres on a region that rarely gets more than a few dustings...

Feb 6 2010 / No comment / Read More »
World

U.S. defense chief downplays possibility of Iran nuclear deal »

U.S. defense chief downplays possibility of Iran nuclear dealRobert Gates U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says if Iran is serious about accepting the international offer that could end the dispute over its nuclear program,...

Feb 6 2010 / No comment / Read More »

‘Iran will be judged by actions’ »

‘Iran will be judged by actions’German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Iran will be judged by actions, not words, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told Deutschlandfunk radio on Friday morning, in an...

Feb 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »
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Local Government Citrus County wants to do something about its homeless

Citrus County wants to do something about its homeless

Citrus County government wants to do something about the homeless within its borders. At the urging of County Commission Chairman Gary Bartell, the county plans to find out what services are available for the...

Feb 2, 2010 / More »
Features Lu, Wildlife park hippo, celebrates 50th birthday

Lu, Wildlife park hippo, celebrates 50th birthday

Lu the wildlife park hippo, at right, waits for his birthday cake. He's now 50. Lu the Hippopotamus finally turned 50 on Jan. 26. The occasion was marked by a cake, a tire and a...

Feb 2, 2010 / More »
State Endeavour starts mission with night launch

Endeavour starts mission with night launch

Photo: Courtesy of NASA Endeavour, NASA’s youngest space shuttle, became the final orbiter to lift off at night with its launch to the the International Space Station this morning. Built as a replacement after the...

Feb 8, 2010 / More »
Business Toyota: Apology but no new recall

Toyota: Apology but no new recall

PriusNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Toyota Motor chief executive Akio Toyoda apologized Friday for the problems that led to the company’s recall of more than 8 million cars But it did not announce another...

Feb 5, 2010 / More »
World U.S. defense chief downplays possibility of Iran nuclear deal

U.S. defense chief downplays possibility of Iran nuclear deal

Robert Gates U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says if Iran is serious about accepting the international offer that could end the dispute over its nuclear program, it should do so soon, and through official...

Feb 6, 2010 / More »
Sports Drew Brees dedicates Super Bowl victory to people of New Orleans

Drew Brees dedicates Super Bowl victory to people of New Orleans

“This championship is for you, New Orleans,” Drew Brees shouted after steering the Saints to victory in their first appearance in a Super Bowl. Brees, the New Orleans quarterback, was named Most Valuable...

Feb 8, 2010 / More »
SciTech Jumbo squid ink-jet their way to Newport Beach

Jumbo squid ink-jet their way to Newport Beach

Braedon Flynn got the text Friday from his friend Ryan Lawlor: Jumbo squid had invaded the waters off Newport Beach. Flynn, a Newport Beach native who had been around fishing all his life, had...

Feb 2, 2010 / More »
People Oscar nominations announced

Oscar nominations announced

“Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” have been duking it out all awards season. Now, the two films face their final showdown: They enter the 82nd annual Academy Awards prizefight with nine nominations apiece. The...

Feb 2, 2010 / More »
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