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Charlie Patton
Natasha Chapman: Caring for her family and her city

Natasha Chapman didn't set out to be an environmental activist.

Ron Littlepage
Imagine shock if lawmakers wisely made budget cuts

There are numerous reasons to doubt that the special legislative session that began in Tallahassee this week will come up with reasonable solutions to the state's financial crisis.

Brandis Jest
Man strives to help the least of his brethren

No one forces Chris King to do what he does. He just wants to give.

Laura Capitano
Pub mostly Irish, totally enjoyable

The shamrocks have been raised to the rooftop of the spanking new O'Brothers Irish Pub in Riverside.

Dan Macdonald
More fruit, and hold off on the salt

How about some reflections, regrets and righteous predictions to start the year?

Dan Macdonald
Starting 2009 with a hangover

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. That old clock sounds like a cannon blasting this morning, eh? Are you suffering after overdoing it last night? You’re a bit nauseated, your mouth is dry and no amount of mouthwash will remove that icky taste on your tongue. Face it pal, you have a hangover.

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Letters from readers

The new president made a lot of campaign promises. A lot or people want them to happen immediately and will be very upset when it does not. Some of the changes will not make everyone happy.

Letters from readers

My nomination for most overlooked story of 2008 (since 2001 and especially more recently) has been international financing of terrorism.

Ensure judicial appointments remain free of partisanship

In the early 1970s, patronage politics had severely undermined confidence in Florida's judiciary. After he became governor in 1971, Reubin Askew issued an executive order to limit political influence on judge selections and establish merit as the basis on which Florida filled vacancies at every level of the court system.