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Bluebird to Nest-egg, Operation Scout the "O" a go. Just kidding. Anyway, stopped by Metro Park to see what the Dems are up to, size of crowd. Long lines. Heard numbers of 14,000 - very possible, yet can't see into park. In addition to cameras being banned, no cell phones are allowed being blared by volunteers on bullhorns. No lawn chairs either, nor food or drink. Hyper-controlling Dems for ya there. Saw one guy holding an "Abortion is Black Genocide" sign and "Abraham Lincoln was a Republican". Gave him a nod and a thumbs up. After a few minutes, I...

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What: Road to Victory Rally: Jacksonville, FL - September 15th When: September 15, 2008 6:00AM Where: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 300 A. Philip Randolph Boulevard Jacksonville, FL32202 Join John McCain at a Road to Victory Rally in Jacksonville, FL on Monday, September 15th. Doors open at 6:00am. To RSVP click here.

Church group draws counterprotest Law enforcment prevents physical interaction BY HEATHER GALE January 26, 2008 - 7:24PM DAILY NEWS STAFFFive people versus 40. The notorious protesting church, Westboro Baptist Church, turned out five women, — two older and three who appeared to be in their late teens or early twenties — to express their viewpoints about the Marine Corps and the circumstances surrounding the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach. However, more than 40 counterprotesters were across the street from the church members on Lejeune Boulevard, holding signs and supporting the military. Many of the supporters of the troops said...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A gym member is suing over an inflated exercise ball that he said burst under him, dropping him to the floor. Pete Royal said he was leaning back on the exercise ball and about to lift a pair of 75-pound dumbbells when the ball burst. Royal weighs 200 pounds. He said he needed five surgeries and couldn't use either arm for six months after the 2005 incident. The 61-year Jacksonville man's lawsuit says the YMCA failed to maintain safe conditions in the gym. It also claims the manufacturers mislabeled the rubber ball as an "anti-burst" ball. Representatives...

Two people were arrested at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Friday night after causing a "serious disturbance" on their flight from Jacksonville, Fla., according to an airport spokeswoman. No one was injured, but the disturbance was classified as a terrorist threat, according to RDU Spokeswoman Colleen Fischvogt. Investigators did not say what may have been said or found to have prompted that decision.

When Fred Thompson arrives in Jacksonville, Fla., today, he'd better hit the ground running: His dawdling over the last few months has cost him a couple of miles. National polls are showing a healthy bump for the former Tennessee senator since he entered the race last week. But what's happening on the ground in the Sunshine State — where a January 29 primary may well determine the Republican nominee — illuminates the danger of a strategy based on starting late and hoping that hype and celebrity can substitute for solid organizing. According to a number of Jacksonville-area Republican donors I've...

A name is more than a combination of letters. It represents an identity, a belief and, ultimately, a prophecy. So it should be no surprise that Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville is failing. The school, named for a Confederate army general and prominent Ku Klux Klan participant, is not performing to the academic standard set by the state's educational authorities.

An editorial cartoon in last Friday's Florida Times-Union depicting a gunman wearing a T-shirt saying "Don't Snitch" continues to draw criticism, with some black leaders calling for an apology, the firing of the cartoonist and other demands, according to a WJXT-TV report in Jacksonville. Two young children drawn in the cartoon say "I didn't see nuttin'!" Then the gunman says, "Now that's a good little ho! In a letter sent to all Jacksonville television stations as well as the newspaper, the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition called the cartoon "racist, culturally insensitive and degrading to African-American women." In addition to the apology,...

It's happening at 41st Street between Third and Lexington Avenues. We are told the fire department is requesting that 41st through 47th streets to be closed off between Lexington and Third. Officials say that buildings in the area are being evacuated, though subway service is not affected.

JACKSONVILLE -- (AP) -- A man was charged with trying to bring a gun wrapped in aluminum foil and a towel aboard a plane at Jacksonville International Airport, authorities said Tuesday. Ahmad Abdallah Abu Ghanam was on his way to Chicago then Jordan on Monday when Transportation Security Administration workers found the .380-calibar semiautomatic gun in his checked luggage. The serial number had been scratched off, said Michael Stewart, director of external affairs for the airport. Abu Ghanam told police he bought the weapon on the street a month ago and he did not realize the serial number was missing....

A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site. Police found details of the discussions on a site run by one of a three-strong "cyber-terrorist" gang. They were discovered at the home of Younis Tsouli, 23, Woolwich Crown Court in south-east London heard. One message read: "We are 45 doctors and we are determined to undertake jihad and take the battle inside America. "The first target which will be penetrated by nine brothers is the naval base which gives shelter...

'Spooky' website calls doctors to jihad By John Steele, Crime Correspondent Last Updated: 8:22pm BST 04/07/2007 A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site, it has emerged. Anti-terrorist police found details of the discussions on a jihadi site run by one of a three-strong “cyber-terrorist” gang. They were discovered at the home of Younis Tsouli, 23, Woolwich Crown Court in south east London heard. One message, thought to have been sent on February 12 2005, read: 'We are 45...

45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids By John Steel, Crime Correspondent Last Updated: 2:25am BST 05/07/2007 A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site. Police found details of the discussions on a site run by one of a three-strong "cyber-terrorist" gang. They were discovered at the home of Younis Tsouli, 23, Woolwich Crown Court in south-east London heard. One message read: "We are 45 doctors and we are determined to undertake jihad and take the battle inside America....

When a neighbor screamed she'd been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg. Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday's pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley's actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently. They fired him. Bruley, a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek, said he lost his job after being told that brandishing the weapon was a workplace violation, as was failing to notify supervisors after the incident occurred. He'd worked at the...

A 14-year-old boy who was shot six times as he walked home remained in an area hospital in critical but stable condition on Thursday. His mother said the motive for her son's shooting was robbery. Officers were called to the 5700 block of Stewart Avenue on Wednesday night and found the teen wounded. The victim's mother, Kristy Deal, told Channel 4 her son was shot and robbed of his gold teeth before he collapsed in a ditch. "My son was laying in that ditch about to die last night, and you have no heart," Deal said, sending a message to...

WPGB & Ellis Cannon are reporting Roethlisberger has a fever of 104 ...

by Mark Finkelstein July 10, 2006 - 16:56 What is it with Boston Globe sportswriter Dan Shaughnessey and Florida cities? Trouble trouble booking a tee time? Lines too long at his favorite Disney World ride? Bad OJ in his screwdriver, perhaps? For the second time this year, Shaughnessey took the occasion of a TV appearance to take a completely gratuituous swipe at a Florida city. As I wrote about here, back in January, appearing on ESPN's 'Rome is Burning', he called Jacksonville a 'yahoo town,' comparing it unfavorably with Detroit, which he dubbed a 'real city' because "you can get...

WESTWOOD ONE LAUNCHES THE MONICA CROWLEY SHOW --New Program to Air Saturdays, Noon - 3 p.m. ET-- Beginning Saturday, April 1, 2006 New York, NY Monday, Mar 20, 2006 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON) is proud to announce the national launch of The Monica Crowley Show, the three-hour talk program hosted by author and news personality Monica Crowley. The show begins Saturday, April 1, 2006, and will air from noon to 3 p.m. ET. The Monica Crowley Show will debut on major market stations across the country including: WABC-AM New York, WTKK-FM Boston and WTNT-AM Washington DC. The show will...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect in the murder of a nursing student in Riverside. The suspect is 17-yr-old Kimothy Simmons. Police arrested Simmons Sunday morning at the scene of a carjacking and kidnapping. Investigators found Sarah Whitlock, 23, stabbed to death in her apartment eight days ago.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A quiet community in Riverside is struggling to understand why crime tape has crossed their streets for a third straight night. Police entered their 48th hour on the scene Sunday evening. Detectives with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office first roped off the home on King Street late Friday night. They found a woman dead inside the house. First Coast News has learned that woman's name is Sarah Whitlock. She was just 23-years-old. So far, police will only say she died by "criminal means." John Setzer says this is very different from anything he's ever experienced in this neighborhood....

by Mark Finkelstein January 30, 2006 - 17:05 Liberal media bias isn't limited to news reporters. At least when it comes to the Boston Globe, it clearly extends to the sports department. Boston Globe sports reporter Dan Shaughnessey just completed an interview with the edgy Jim Rome, host of the eponymous 'Jim Rome is Burning' on ESPN. The topic was Detroit's worthiness as a Super Bowl site. Shaughnessey vigorously defended Motown in these terms: "Detroit is a real city. You can get the New York Times here." In closing, Shaughnessey took a gratuitous swipe at recent Super Bowl host city...

Following up .. prayers for all .. they mentioned Unison Industries.

Radiation Detected After Industrial Accident Prompts Evacuations POSTED: 11:20 am EST January 30, 2006 UPDATED: 12:36 pm EST January 30, 2006 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fire-Rescue personnel said that an explosion this morning in 7500 bock of Baymeadows Way that has resulted in the release of radiation inside a building. The Unison Industries building was evacuated and police have blocked streets in the area. Members of the hazardous material team report picking up radiation with their Geiger counters. There's no word on whether anyone was exposed. Unison's director of communications said a gas cylinder exploded in the facility about 10:45 a.m.,...

His final Sunday morning sermon in Jacksonville will be this weekend. He's been pastor of First Baptist Church for 23 years. First Baptist is one of the ten largest churches out of 39,00 churches in the Southern Baptist Convention. His hottest controversy came during a pastors conference in which he made comments about Mohammed. For months after the story spread around the world he wouldn't comment except for an official statement read at church. But during our interview he made new statements on the issue. We'll broadcast those in our 11:00 story Sunday night. His sermons always have ended with...

Just on!! School bus collides with tractor-trailer. Seven dead....5 are kids.

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- A family reeling from the deaths of of seven children in a fiery crash on a Florida highway Wednesday afternoon was struck with more tragedy when the children's grandfather suffered a heart attack and died. Upon hearing the news that all of his grandchildren were killed when a semi smashed into the family's car that had stopped for a school bus, Edwin Scott started feeing sick and vomiting. The children of both of his daughters were killed. Relatives called an ambulance, but family members believe he died on the way to the hospital. "We lost my...

Mother Battles Daughter-In-Law For Son's Guardianship POSTED: 6:54 pm EDT June 17, 2005 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 34-year-old Jacksonville man is at the center of a legal tug of war between his wife and mother. Scott Thomas suffered severe brain damage in September 2004 and has been in and out of the hospital ever since. For months, there has been a question of who should be in charge of his care. On Friday, that question was partially answered. Scott Thomas Thomas requires a feeding tube to survive and needs constant medical supervision. His mother, Pamela Patton, is her son's legal...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Nov. 22, 2005) -- Whether wounded on the battlefield or resting in a military hospital back home, injured Marines have always relied on the support of their fellow service members and loved ones to motivate them on the often rough road to recovery. Nineteen-year-old Lance Cpl. Brian Floyd received more than a few words of encouragement from his family, but a unique understanding of the trials he faced as a wounded combat veteran of the Global War on Terrorism in Iraq. “It’s a family tradition to serve our country, no matter what branch of...

Cities over 500,000: Safest 10 San Jose, CA El Paso, TX Honolulu, HI New York, NY Austin, TX San Diego, CA Louisville, KY San Antonio, TX Fort Worth, TX Jacksonville, FL Most Dangerous 10: Detroit, MI Baltimore, MD Washington, DC Memphis, TN Dallas, TX Philadelphia, PA Columbus, OH Nashville, TN Houston, TX Charlotte, NC

Police said a sexual predator in Jacksonville was attacked Saturday night by eight men who claimed he tried to grab a 12-year-old child on the street. Officials said the men confronted John Childers, 46, and beat him with their fists. Police found Childers on the ground in front of the Evergreen Avenue half-way house where he lived and called rescue. Childers had bruises on his head and face, but was not hospitalized. Witnesses told police that eight men arrived in a 1993 Lincoln Continental and another vehicle, beat Childers, then left. The witness said the men had come around looking...

NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Eighty-four medical personnel from Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, Fla., boarded buses to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 1 to rendezvous with USS Bataan (LHD 5). From there, the ship will sail to New Orleans to provide urgently needed support to relief efforts for Gulf Coast residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The medical personnel, including a broad range of physicians, nurses and hospital corpsmen, are assigned to one of the hospital’s deployable platforms, Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship Team (CRTS) 8. Bataan is one of several Navy ships deployed to the hurricane relief effort....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Health officials confirmed Wednesday [8-17] that a Jacksonville woman died Aug. 3 after flesh-eating bacteria invaded her body. The Duval County Health Department suspects that Candace Scott contracted the bacteria in the St. Johns River, where she was jet skiing a few days before her death. Channel 4's Jim Piggott spoke to an official at the health department who offered some advice for those coming into contact with the water. "Make sure that they wear good footwear if they're standing in the water or fishing or wading around so they don't get puncture wounds on their feet,"...

A church has asked for a citywide ban on low-hanging pants and gold-capped teeth, saying they promote a thuggish image. Changing the image of young people could help Jacksonville cut unemployment, racial profiling and a rising per-capita murder rate now the highest in the state, said Richard Burton, deacon of Epiphany Baptist Church. The 250 member independent Baptist church approved the resolution last month. "They were tired of seeing kids' underwear," said Burton, who serves on the NAACP's national board. Jacksonville city officials have yet to take up the measure, although Councilwoman Elaine Brown said she was willing to discuss...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Leaving a half-gram of marijuana as a tip at a Starbuck's is a bad idea. Coming back the next day, fighting with the police and dropping your stash is even worse. But police say that's what Delshawn Prejean, 35, of Jacksonville, did. According to a Sheriff's Office report, a customer at the Starbuck's told the server as he was leaving, "I left your tip on the counter." When she looked down, she saw a small amount of unwrapped marijuana. But the man was gone. When Prejean came into the store Tuesday, the server recognized him as the...

The similarities are frightening: • A Florida resident. • An unexplained event, with no one else home but the spouse. • A serious brain injury that could take years to overcome. • An order to not release medical information to other family members. • A hospice contacted in secret and a bed prepared. • A spouse with the intent to remove a feeding tube. The differences are heartening: • A doctor finds out and informs the mom. • Lawyers stay up late to prepare an emergency motion. • A judge awards temporary guardianship to the mom. • Mom is able...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Scott Thomas' mother tells FCN his wife plans to put him in hospice and remove his feeding tube if she gains custody of him in two weeks. In the two conversations FCN has had with his wife, she would not confirm those are her plans.

Freepers of Greater Jacksonville, FL will have our SECOND Coffee Get Together this Sunday, April 3 at 2pm !! We will meet at Panera's Restaurant and Coffee Shop at I 295 and Blanding Avenue. Join us for a fun filled, casual time of brilliant political discourse,laughter at the Left,a searing analysis of the issues the MSM always gets wrong and clever strategizing to Fight the Hildebeast ! For any further directions or info, just Freepmail me.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The families of four people who died in a plane crash more than three years ago were awarded a $9.5 million settlement from the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday. Jacksonville Fire-Rescue Image On Dec. 12, 2001, a Piper Cherokee attempting to land in heavy fog at Jacksonville International Airport crashed, killing all four people on board. Attorney Donald Weidner -- the pilot -- and his partner, Thomas Bowden, were returning from a business trip in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with their clients, Adrienne and James Abrisch, when the single-engine plane they were flying in was diverted from Craig Field...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Former congresswoman Tillie Fowler passed away this morning, two days after suffering a brain hemorrhage. According to co-workers, she suffered the brain hemorrhage at her home in Jacksonville Monday. Fowler was at St. Vincent's hospital with her husband Buck by her side. Her daughters, Tillie Anne and Elizabeth, were also there. Tillie Fowler graduated from Emory University, where she received both her B.A. and law degree. Before moving to Jacksonville in 1971, she served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Robert G. Stephens, Jr. from Georgia and was General Counsel in the White House Office of...

A Jacksonville victim rights group and a state legislator urged Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday to launch a criminal probe into events that put Terri Schiavo in the hospital with severe brain damage 15 years ago. Justice Coalition founder Ted Hires also asked the state Department of Children & Families to take Schiavo into protective custody and Florida's attorney general to initiate a civil rights investigation into her treatment and efforts by her husband to have the feeding tube that keeps her alive removed. . . . Her parents said they filed the divorce proceedings because of Michael Schiavo's "total...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Jacksonville Police are looking for a vehicle that may have been involved with a shooting at a teenage nightclub, which sent 9 people, all under 18, to the hospital. Police say they are looking for up to four suspects. It happened at 'Magic City' on Soutel Drive and Norfork. A black SUV, now covered in crime tape, is riddled with bullet holes. Police tell First Coast News it all started with a fight inside the club. Security guards asked the people who were fighting to leave, and that fight moved into the parking lot. That's when the...

Right after Chad Lewis caught that touchdown pass with about four minutes to go, the touchdown that cemented the victory and ensured the Philadelphia Eagles would be in the Super Bowl, some guy in the stands joyfully held up a sign that said, "We're Going To Jacksonville." And I thought: What on earth is second prize? You have to build there? How did Jacksonville get the Super Bowl? What, Tuscaloosa was booked? If going to Jacksonville for a week is the reward New England and Philadelphia get for being the best teams in the NFL this year, Peyton Manning ought...

I'm just throwing out the question - and this link about how Jax is going about it: http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/sports/2005/02/01jacksonvillepro.html .ff

NEW YORK - Alicia Keys will sing "America the Beautiful" prior to this year's Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. It will be just the third time the song is sung at the Super Bowl — previously performed only by Vicki Carr and Ray Charles. Accompanying Keys will be 150 students from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, which Charles attended as a youth in 1937. "I'm very excited to be playing at the Super Bowl for the first time especially because I will be singing a song made famous by an artist I admire, miss and respect,...

Friends of Missing in Action/Captured Captain Michael Scott Speicher, who was captured in the First Gulf War, and Family of Missing in Action/Captured Keith "Matt" Maupin, who was captured in Operation Iraqi Freedom, come together to send message of unity in bringing both men home. Keith and Carolyn Maupin, parents of Matt Maupin, will be guest speakers. Other speakers will include POW from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young, Jr. and author of military fiction Robert Gandt. i-Newswire, 2005-01-03 - On January 17th, 2005 Friends Working to Free Scott Speicher will host a prayer/candle vigil at Lake Shore...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A Christmas tree that decorated the lobby in new federal courthouse downtown has been removed. Late last week the Government Services Administration, the agency that maintains the building, acted on direction from the Chief Judge to pull the tree. A lighted snowman, reindeer and sleigh has replaced the tree. A spokesperson for the GSA could not give specifics on why the tree was taken down. Gary Mote who handles Public Affairs from the Southeast Sunbelt Region says the decision was to "...make sure no one is offended." The artificial tree that was decorated with non religious ornaments...

Nobody seems to know much about the "1,000 rock experts" who decide who gets into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. This much we do know: They haven't listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd. I mean, really listened. Not just heard a few familiar notes of Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama, pictured rebel flags and Trans Ams, and voted for other bands.They haven't looked at old footage of packed stadiums. Not just in the South. All over the country.They haven't paid attention to what a wide range of musicians -- from Hank Williams Jr. to Neil Young (yes, Neil Young) --...

A 54-year-old passenger vanished as a ship returned from a five-day cruise to the Bahamas, and a daylong ocean search turned up no sign of him. The hunt was called off yesterday. Glen Sherridan was reported missing by his wife a day earlier, after the Carnival Cruise Line ship Celebration docked in Jacksonville. The ship's electronic exit and entry program showed he had not disembarked after arrival, and a crew search of the vessel came up empty, Carnival said. Gloria Sherridan said she had last seen her husband about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. She said he was an early riser and...