Monday Scramble: Scott survives; Monster mashes McIlroy
Adam Scott keeps on winning, Rory McIlroy runs out of steam, Tiger Woods holds court, Bubba Watson has another close call and more in this week's edition of Monday Scramble: Adam Scott appears plenty comfortable in the winner's circle. One week after edging out Sergio Garcia at the Honda Classic, Scott survived a rocky finish to claim his second title in as many weeks, this time at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. The Aussie had gone all of 2015 without a victory, but with two wins under his belt..>> view originalLate changes may doom Florida proposal to protect patients from ...
A proposal led by Miami-Dade lawmakers to protect patients from receiving unexpected medical bills for out-of-network care — a goal that doctors, hospitals and health insurers all say they support — is in trouble in the Florida Legislature this week after a last-minute change that consumer advocates worry is undermining support for the legislation.The coalition of political support behind the bill is a “delicate agreement,” said Laura Brennaman, director of Florida Community Health Action Infor..>> view originalOperator of illegal slaughterhouse to challenge animal-cruelty law
Nobody arrests the chef who drops a live lobster into boiling water.That’s the defense being floated by a slaughterhouse operator accused of starving, beating, stabbing and even boiling alive pigs destined for Miami dinner tables.Saying that Florida’s animal-cruelty law is vague and unconstitutional, Gregorio Santa Ana is now asking a Miami-Dade judge to dismiss the charges. The request is setting up an unusual legal battle in a city where puerco is prized, particularly around the holidays when..>> view originalFlorida education on trial; Lawsuit seeks to redefine public ...
By Eric Barton, FloridaBulldog.org A case that could fundamentally change how Florida funds and administers education is center stage in a trial that begins next Monday in a Tallahassee courtroom. The lawsuit, brought by a public advocacy group, wants a judge to declare the state’s public education system unconstitutional. Such a ruling could require lawmakers to envision a new way to fund schools that would seek better parity between the rich and the poor. The trial is expected to be a rebuke ..>> view originalRiver Road will close to protect
River Road will close to protect amphibians Mild winter to bring amphibians out early this year Published Mar 7, 2016 at 2:14 pm (Updated Mar 7, 2016) BUSHKILL — Motorists can expect River Road in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to be closed on several evenings over the next few weeks to protect breeding amphibians, Superintendent John J. Donahue announced on March 7. The closures are contingent on the weather. They come earlier than usual this season, as ..>> view originalNew guidelines back CT scans for lung cancer screening in ...
TORONTO - For the first time, national guidelines are recommending that high-risk adults be screened for Canada's deadliest cancer, and the tool of choice is a technology known as low-dose computed tomography, or CT scanning.The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care says adults aged 55 to 74 with a history of significant tobacco use should be tested for signs of lung cancer annually over three consecutive years using the sensitive radiological imaging device.The guideline applies to cu..>> view originalJackie Gleason's Florida home — and his furniture — on the market ...
How bittersweet this story is. The jolly comedian known for the 1950s TV show Honeymooners (“One of these days, Alice, one of these days …”) fell in love with Marilyn Taylor in the mid-’50s but couldn’t marry her for some 20 years because of Catholic divorce restrictions. They were finally able to enjoy 13 years together, the last ones in this Fort Lauderdale home, called Glea Manor. Gleason played the rough-and-tumble underdog lead character in the Honeymooners, Ralph Kramden, a hapless guy tr..>> view originalSuben (y seguirán subiendo) los precios de la gasolina en Miami
Vuelve el calor al sur de la Florida, pero la temperatura no es lo único que sube, ni tampoco lo que hará realmente transpirar a los conductores locales.Luego de alcanzar los precios más bajos desde principios del 2009, el costo de la gasolina volvió a subir en la última semana. Aunque mínima, el alza de 5.4 centavos que pone el promedio de la gasolina en Miami a $1.87 es el principio de lo que podría significar un aumento considerable para finales de mayo, según el sitio web GasBuddy.La inform..>> view originalTom Wolfe y los cubanos de Miami
LA HABANA, Cuba.- Tom Wolfe, que es uno de mis autores preferidos, me ha disgustado bastante con uno de sus más recientes libros, Back to Blood (Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, New York, 2012). Mi disgusto no es de carácter literario, que el padre del Nuevo Periodismo no ha perdido fuelle en su escritura, sino que se debe a la forma en que refleja en el libro a los cubanos de Miami, particularmente a los de Hialeah: incultos, intolerantes, ansiosos por imitar a los norteamerica..>> view original
Monday, March 7, 2016
Monday Scramble: Scott survives; Monster mashes McIlroy and other top stories.
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