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Boys and Girls Club Could Lose 20% of Budget
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Last Updated: 9:01 PM 01/27/12 - Panama City - Local after school programs are in danger of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding. Lawmakers are considering a proposal that would cut the Boy and Girls Club's of Bay County funding by 20%. (Full Story) |
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What's Really Rolling Through Your Town
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Last Updated: 8:57 PM 01/27/12 - Grand Ridge- Workers successfully transferred a load of methyl-chloride out a derailed train car near Grand Ridge Thursday night. Ironically the operation took place during Hazardous Materials Awareness Week in Florida. (Full Story) |
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Scott Proclaims Severe Weather Awareness Week
Last Updated: 9:10 PM 01/27/12 - Gov. Rick Scott has named next week as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Florida. (Full Story) |
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St. Joe Scales Back Real Estate Development Strategy
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Last Updated: 8:52 PM 01/27/12 - The St. Joe Company announced a new real estate strategy focused on spending less on infrastructure, amenities and master planning community development. (Full Story) |
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Jury Votes for Death Penalty in Triple Slaying
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Last Updated: 10:55 AM 01/27/12 - DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- Jurors voted unanimously this week to recommend the death penalty for a Dothan man convicted of killing three people at a crack house in 1996. (Full Story) |
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Chipley High School Teacher Wins Golden Apple
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Last Updated: 9:32 AM 01/27/12 - Chipley - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a math teacher at Chipley High School. Her students say Millie Kindig is giving them the tools and the confidence they need to pursue careers in the fields of math and science. (Full Story) |
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New Poll: Romney Opens Lead in Florida Primary Contest
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Last Updated: 8:55 AM 01/27/12 - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A new poll shows Mitt Romney opening a lead over Newt Gingrich among likely voters as they head toward Tuesday's Republican presidential preference primary in Florida. (Full Story) |
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One County Commissioner Speaks on BMC Asset Purchase Agreement
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Last Updated: 8:17 AM 01/27/12 - Panama City - The asset purchase agreement lists about $154 million worth of Bay Medical Center property, everything from furniture to medical equipment. (Full Story) |
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Rosenwald Success Story Motivates Students to Succeed
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Last Updated: 8:45 PM 01/26/12 - Unlike most of Bay County’s other high schools, Rosenwald High provides challenged students with a second chance. Thursday, school officials shared one of their success stories in hopes it can motivate its current students to achieve. (Full Story) |
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Rumor Causes Scare at Grand Ridge School
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Last Updated: 8:54 PM 01/26/12 - Grand Ridge- A rumor started Thursday that needlessly sent dozens of Grand Ridge students home from school. (Full Story) |
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- After teen hockey injuries, can rough sport become safer?
Two tragic spine injuries in Minnesota high school hockey games in the last month have sparked debate among parents, officials, and fans over how the rough sport can be made safer. - Flu faux pas: The etiquette of being sick
You know "that guy," the one who still goes to work and sees friends even when he's sick? Anna Post of the Emily Post Institute has some tips for him. Find out the "do's" and "don't" of being sick. - Non-stop hiccups only clue to man's heart attack
In an extremely rare and highly unusual case, constant hiccups turned out to be a 68-year-old man's only symptom of a heart attack. Cases like this are so few and far between that it was last known to occur more than 50 years ago. - Co-nursing: Are four breasts better than two?
Did you ever wish, during those bleary nighttime feedings, for an extra set of boobs to shoulder the burden? Dorea Vierling-Claassen got that wish, when her wife, Angela Vierling-Claassen, agreed to co-nurse. - Weight-loss Challenge: It's the home stretch!
With a few more days to go and a few more pounds to lose in the challenge, readers share their motivation and what's working for them. - Erin Brockovich tackles teen girls' mystery illness
More teens have developed the puzzling symptoms of tics and verbal outbursts, which one doctor has diagnosed as a rare type of mass hysteria. Now environmental activist Erin Brockovich is investigating a possible link with a 40-year-old chemical spill. - FDA detains some OJ from Brazil for fungicide
U.S. health regulators said on Friday that they had detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice, and six from Canada, that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim. - Spike in deaths blamed on 2003 NYC blackout
- Have your mayo and cut calories, too
Condiments are a source of “hidden” calories because people often forget to account for them when tracking their food intake. Click for more and to join Joy Bauer's 25,000 pound Weight-loss Challenge. - More men than women have oral cancer virus
About 7 percent of adults and teens in the United States are orally infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a new study says.
- 'Monster' rules Nepal village on climate frontline
Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. - Video: Woman pulled from car in icy Wash. river
A 26-year-old woman is treated for hypothermia after rescue crews pulled her from her car that landed in an icy Spokane river. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. (msnbc.com) - Snow buries parts of eastern, central Europe
Parts of Europe were hit hard by heavy snow and frigid temperatures for a second day, leaving hundreds trapped in cars, dozens of communities without power and at least one person dead. - Severe storms drench Texas, spawning tornadoes
Buckets of rain and powerful winds that apparently spawned several tornadoes swept across Texas on Wednesday, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for a historic dry spell. - Severe flooding, landslides kill 6 in Fiji
Severe flooding and landslides in Fiji have killed six people and left hundreds more homeless. - More avalanches feared after recent deaths
A weak, sugary snowpack is raising the avalanche danger in parts of the West, leaving slopes vulnerable to crumbling under the pressure of heavy snowstorms. - Tornado creates worries in bankrupt Ala. county
Willie Williams Jr. was worried as he walked through his tornado-tossed neighborhood to his daughter's elementary school. - Solar storm brings fireworks, but few problems
A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday night. - 1 snowmobiler dead, 1 rescued after Colo. avalanche
A snowmobiler was found dead after he and another man, reportedly his brother, were caught in an avalanche in northwestern Colorado, authorities said Monday. - Forecast: North set for colder months, South warmer
The northern half of the U.S. can expect a much colder second half of winter, while drought-hit Texas and some other parts of the South are likely to see above normal temperatures, a weather forecasting service predicted Tuesday.
- NYT: Report finds early Afghanistan missteps
A new unpublished history of the Afghanistan war details hows American forces, hamstrung by inadequate resources, missed opportunities to stabilize Afghanistan during the early years of the conflict.
- Cold-case trial: Did wife, pals kill Marine?
Thirty-seven years later, three people face trial on murder charges for what prosecutors say was an ambush triggered by a love triangle around a woman and three Marine buddies.
- ‘Dangerous base’ sours U.S.-Japan ties
A U.S. base on Okinawa is the focus of a deepening dispute that is testing Japan's security alliance with the United States and dividing its new government in Tokyo.
- Sailor hurt in USS Cole bombing dies
A survivor of the suicide bombing on the USS Cole in Yemen 10 years ago has died at his Florida home.
- Marines tell of battles in Afghan province
Watch an interactive video of three Marines on patrol in Afghanistan as they battle Taliban forces.
- Family pleads for release of U.S. soldier
The family of a U.S. soldier captured in eastern Afghanistan pleads for his release after the Taliban releases a video showing the airborne infantryman, who has been held more than five months.
- Meet 'Rosie' and 'Ken': 2 chimps, many experiments
Testing on chimps has saved lives in the past, but whether a chimp gets to retire is entirely up to the labs and the government. Jane Goodall has been trying for decades to get this kind of animal testing banned. - Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death
The man who killed a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 Cheshire, Conn., home invasion was sentenced to death on Friday and addressed the court before the sentence was handed down. - 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years
A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced the "Barefoot Bandit" to 6 1/2 years in prison for his two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts. - Authorities to end camping at Occupy DC sites
Federal park authorities in the nation's capital gave notice to Occupy protesters -- a move seen by the activists as a "slow creep" aimed at whittling down their demonstration. - Mistrial for officer in Katrina shootings probe
A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case against a retired police sergeant charged with helping cover up deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, the last of 20 New Orleans police officers who were charged by the Justice Department's civil rights division to get his day in court. - Doubts cast over Yale QB's honor
Patrick Witt, the 22-year-old Yale quarterback who made headlines in November when he chose to lead Yale against arch rival Harvard University over an interview for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship may not have been faced with that tough choice after all. - Feds: 'Mob Wives' dad charged in NYC case
Four alleged members of the Bonanno organized crime family have been charged with include racketeering, gambling and drug sales. - 8 sea lions found shot to death near Seattle
At least eight sea lions have been found shot to death in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks, wildlife officials say. - Cops: 4-year-old brings nine bags of pot to school
A 4-year-old boy brought nine bags of pot to his elementary school and pulled them out during snack time, police said. - Outrage as bodies pile up at Cook County morgue
Pastors and community activists call for an independent investigation after reports that bodies have been piling up for weeks.
- Unsold goods weigh on future growth
The economy perked up late last year as factories ramped up production. Unfortunately, a lot of what those factories made is still in warehouses and on store shelves. - Economy picked up pace as 2011 ended
U.S. economic growth picked up speed in the final three months of 2011, expanding at the fastest pace in 1-1/2 years, according to new data released Friday. - CEOs make huge sums when companies go bankrupt
CEOs and other top executives of companies that go through Chapter 11 receive robust compensation in the form of salary, stock grants and other benefits. - Facebook poised to file for IPO next week
Facebook looks set to file papers for its public stock offering by as soon next Wednesday, CNBC reported Friday. - Too little, too late? Factory jobs making comeback
President Barack Obama is on the road this week touting a plan to bring jobs back to the United States, in part by bolstering manufacturing here. It’s no secret that’s a tough challenge. - Tight-fisted mortgage lenders pressure home sales
Home prices have fallen by a third since the 2006, creating tremendous bargains for home buyers. Mortgage rates are at rock-bottom lows, making houses more affordable than they have been in decades. - Obama's Chrysler on eBay — yours for $1 million
President Obama is on cruise control toward his party’s nomination to run for reelection, but Tim O’Brien is hoping to capitalize on Obama’s old cruise-mobile — a 2005 Chrysler 300C - Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter!
We here at The Bottom Line strive to offer you the latest in business and economic news, and we want to hear your thoughts and ideas, too. Now we offer a new way to let your voice be heard -- a Facebook page specifically for msnbc.com business news. - Facebook sues to stop 'likejacking' scammers
Spammers have come up with a sneaky new way to distribute their message via social media. Facebook and Washington have filed separate lawsuits to stop the scammers. - Almost half of young Spaniards unemployed
There's no doubt that the U.S. unemployment rate of 8.5 percent (as of December) is painful for Americans. But pain can be relative.
- Romney stresses support for immigration
At his first public appearance since aggressively defending himself as "pro-immigration" at last night's final Florida debate, Mitt Romney took to the podium again today to argue that he and the Republican party are firmly in favor of legal immigration. - Romney solidified after latest debate
First Read: Newt Gingrich put on the defensive in the final Florida debate but Romney made some unforced errors of his own. - Florida GOP: Debate audience not stacked for Romney
The Republican Party of Florida is pushing back at claims by aides to Newt Gingrich that the audience at the debate in Jacksonville was full of Mitt Romney supporters. - Biden predicts second Obama term, Dem majority in House
Vice President Biden on Friday predicted re-election for himself and President Obama, along with a regained majority for Democrats in the House of Representatives. - Obama touts higher ed reforms in Michigan
The White House insists that the three-day, five-state tour upon which President Obama embarked on Wednesday was intended to sell his State of the Union message, and wasn't directed toward campaign purposes. - Brewer releases copy of letter to Obama
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, R, sustained a controversy stemming from her confrontation of President Obama on an airport tarmac by releasing a copy of the letter she handed to the president on Phoenix. - Gingrich funder brings additional baggage
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul bankrolling Newt Gingrich’s super PAC isn’t trying to “buy” a presidency, his top political consultant tells NBC News. - Tired and broke, Santorum heads home to do taxes
The former Pennsylvania senator is leaving Florida just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss. - FACT CHECK: Debate over 'ghetto language' ad
Mitt Romney accuses Newt Gingrich of calling Spanish a "ghetto language." Close, but not quite. Gingrich denies doing so and said he merely promoted the use of English, "period." That's even more of a stretch. - Gingrich-Romney fight dominates Florida debate
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney clash over immigration, investments and a lunar colony in the final debate before Tuesday's Florida primary.
- Sources: No rescue planned for kidnapped American
U.S. officials say they have no plans for now to try to rescue an American hostage kidnapped over the weekend by Somali pirates. - France wants faster NATO Afghanistan exit
France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military alliance. - The twisty road to US-Pakistan re-engagement
Pakistan's closure of major supply routes for U.S. and NATO supplies going to Afghanistan is costing the U.S. over $100 million per day. But relations between the two nations remain stuck at a standstill. NBC's Amna Nawaz reports from Peshawar. - Barrier proposed as Israel border?
Israel is proposing to essentially turn its West Bank separation barrier into the border with a future state of Palestine, two Palestinian officials said Friday, based on their interpretation of principles Israel presented in talks this week. - Golden Triangle: Who killed 13 sailors?
As China expands its influence on the Mekong River, it is encroaching on a region dominated for decades by a much more profitable trade: narcotics. - Holocaust remembered across the world
The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday. In Great Britain there was a promise never to forget the genocide at Auschwitz during World War II. - UN weighs action on Syria
The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia's envoy said he could not back the current language as it stands. - Australia PM reunited with shoe lost at protest
Julia Gillard is on firm footing again. A blue suede shoe that she lost during a protest by aboriginal-rights activists has been returned. - Russia police investigate democracy protest by toys
Russian authorities are investigating whether demonstrations in favor of "clean elections" by Lego figures, stuffed dolls and other toys this month are legal, according to reports. - Blast outside hospital kills dozens in Baghdad
BAGHDAD -- Twenty-six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car in southeastern Baghdad, Iraqi officials said. The attack occurred at 11:00 a.m. in the Iraqi capital's predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah, police said.
- Thailand elephants now poached for their meat
A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.
- US sued over Navy sonar tests in whale waters
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claims that the Navy's sonar use might be strong enough to kill the marine mammals.
- US map shows warmer planting conditions
A federal "plant hardiness" map used by millions of gardeners was updated Wednesday for the first time in two decades, revealing many areas where the coldest day of the year isn't as cold anymore.
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- Smugglers bust: 1,495 turtles found in 2 suitcases
Officials at an airport in Indonesia seized 1,495 live pig-nosed turtles crammed into two suitcases.
- Forests for all? New federal rule aims to please
It's no easy task figuring out how to balance forest and wildlife protection with logging, drilling and offroading on the nation's 155 national forests, but the Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a rule it says will do just that.
- Humans' taste for dolphins, manatees on rise
As world population increases, people in coastal poverty-stricken areas are turning to the ocean for their meals, consuming marine mammals such as dolphins and seals, new research suggests.
- 33 pilot whales stranded again, will be killed
Some 33 long-finned pilot whales that were refloated off a New Zealand beach with the help of volunteers became stranded again and will have to be euthanized, officials say.
- Strange new species found in Suriname
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Scientists catalog the biodiversity of one of the world's last pristine tropical forests — and come upon some strange-looking new species.
- Obama stands by energy initiatives
First Read: President Obama refused to back off his support for clean energy initiatives in his State of the Union address, pushing back against some of Republicans' fiercest policy criticisms of his administration.
- Chandler: Get ready for Aussie 'Scream Queens'
Chandler: What's that noise? Either Bigfoot is close by, or it's the women's singles final featuring Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open. - PFT: Manning, Irsay: No 'hard feelings between us'
- Woods, McIlroy in contention in Abu Dhabi
Maybe those swing changes are paying off for Tiger Woods. - Wesseling: 11 players who may steal Super Bowl spotlight
Wesseling: Remember David Tyree? The Giants do. And you know the Patriots do. The former New York receiver was a special teams star who caught a touchdown and an incredible pass late in the fourth quarter that set up the Giants' game-winning score in Super Bowl XLII. Could there be another Tyree in this year's game? We've identified the most likely candidates. - PFT: Dad says Gronkowski has high-ankle sprain
- CFT: Sandusky requests to see grandchildren
- Coll. of Charleston's Cremins takes medical leave
Bobby Cremins' assistant says the veteran basketball coach hasn't looked well the past few weeks and Friday evening the College of Charleston announced Cremins will miss the rest of the season because of a medical problem. - Djokovic tops Murray; to face Nadal in final
Novak Djokovic overcame his breathing problems and a "physical crisis" to beat Andy Murray in an almost five-hour Australian Open semifinal Friday night and move into his third straight Grand Slam final. - Brady's QB coach says he can fix Tebow's flaws
- PFT: Brady won't talk about promise to Kraft

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