Florida repeat? Champs could make it happen again – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Florida repeat? Champs could make it happen again – Cleveland Plain Dealer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Florida coach Urban Meyer wrapped both hands around the crystal football Friday, started to lift it off its stand and then nearly fumbled the whole trophy. He might have an easier time holding on to the championship next year. Just hours after the Gators celebrated

Obama mother-in-law to join family in White House – International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : President-elect Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, is moving into the White House at least temporarily to join Michelle Obama and the two children, transition officials said Friday. That is good news not just for late-night television comics, but for 10-year-old Malia and 7

Coupon woes are only part of concerns about shift to digital TV – Santa Cruz Sentinel
WASHINGTON In less than six weeks, the nation’s television broadcasters are due to shut off their analog signals and begin transmitting in digital potentially blacking out as many as 8 million U.S. households that rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels. That reality hit

Obama: New layoffs show need for urgent action [2:00pm] – Farmington Daily Times
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama called the latest U.S. job losses on Friday “a stark reminder of how urgently action is needed” to revive the nation’s staggering economy. He said he was open to fresh ideas from Congress. “Just show me. If you can show me that something is going to work, I

New jobs numbers portray an economy in near free fall – Tacoma News Tribune
The U.S. recession gathered steam in December as employers shed another 524,000 jobs, the unemployment rate leapt half a percentage point to 7.2 percent, the length of the average workweek fell to a record low and job losses were spread widely across almost all sectors of the economy, the government

Patrick Swayze Checks Himself Into Hospital – KIRO-TV
LOS ANGELES — Patrick Swayze has checked himself into the hospital for observation after contracting pneumonia, A&E president Abbe Raven announced at a meeting of the Television Critics Association, where Swayze was scheduled to appear Friday to discuss his upcoming police drama “The Beast.” It’s