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WASHINGTON – A government report finds median pay for nearly 2,000 senior managers at government-controlled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exceeded $200,000 last year. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the two mortgage giants, also did an inadequate job monitoring pay, according to the report released Monday from the inspector general for the FHFA. The median figure means that half the managers received salaries above $200,000 and half received less. Those managers represent [...] After a 13-year-old autistic child wet his pants while riding on a Broward school bus, the bus attendant — whose job is to assist special-needs students — responded by choking the boy. The incident, which lasted roughly 45 minutes, was captured by the school bus surveillance camera. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies this week arrested bus attendant Darryl Blue, 48, on one count of aggravated child abuse. The bus driver who nonchalantly [...] Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and his state of health is so precarious that he has trouble feeding, speaking and recognizing people, said a Venezuelan physician who assured El Nuevo Herald that he has access to firsthand sources and information. “He suffered an embolic stroke and recognizes absolutely no one,” said José Marquina, a respected doctor who in the past has claimed to have direct information about [...] VIENNA – Austrian police did not need sniffing dogs to locate this suspected heist – 9.5 tons of garlic. The Austria Press Agency says police stopped three overloaded and sagging vans about to cross into Hungary from Austria on Wednesday and found them packed to the roof with the pungent cargo. After questioning the five men in the vehicles they charged them on suspicion of receiving stolen goods. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/27/2870097/police-5-suspected-of-stealing.html#storylink=cpy
BY JOSEPH GOODMAN The king finally has his ring. Two years ago, LeBron James chose to team up with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in Miami and build an instant basketball dynasty. The Heat fell two wins shy of beginning that reign in 2011. On Thursday, Miami’s rule over the NBA officially started. The Heat defeated the Thunder 121-106 at AmericanAirlines Arena in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to clinch the world [...] Sanford’s city manager ended Police Chief Bill Lee’s employment, citing the adverse impact the chief’s handling of the Trayvon Martin case has had on the city. BY MEREDITH RUTLAND MRUTLAND@MIAMIHERALD.COM The Sanford police chief who failed to arrest George Zimmerman immediately after the fatal shooting of Miami-Dade teen Trayvon Martin four months ago — and brought national attention and derision to the Central Florida city — has been terminated. The announcement was made late [...] MIAMI — Newly released surveillance video shows three bicyclists pedaling past a naked man as he attacks a homeless man, biting into his face in broad daylight alongside a busy causeway. The nearly 18-minute attack was captured by The Miami Herald’s security cameras. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57443904/video-shows-bikes-riding-past-face-mauling-attack/ Rudy Eugene walked naked alongside the MacArthur Causeway before pouncing on a homeless man he found dozing in the shade of the elevated Metromover train tracks. For almost 18 grisly [...] BY SCOTT HIAASEN No, there was no smell of napalm in the morning. But there was the thunderous whump whump of low-flying helicopters, and even the jarring blast of explosions at the abandoned Grand Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove early Tuesday during a military training exercise that jolted many unsuspecting residents from their beds. “It was quite a shocking experience,” said Jane Muir, who was awakened around 1:45 a.m. by the sound of military choppers [...] BY FRANCES ROBLES SANFORD – Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin was suspended from school in October in an incident in which he was found in possession of women’s jewelry and a screwdriver that a schools security staffer described as a “burglary tool,” The Miami Herald has learned. Trayvon, who claimed that an unnamed friend had given him the jewelry, was not disciplined because of the discovery, but was instead suspended for graffiti, according [...] he Careless Whisper Saturday Update & Threadjacking
PIC OF THE DAY: Resisting Arrest At University Of California, Davis http://www.eschatonblog.com/2011/11/teach-your-children-well.html VIDEO OF THE DAY: OWS Displays Hi-Tech “Bat Signal” On Verizon HQ In Manhattan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxG4g62rnd8 David Tepper Becomes Mutha Fucka Global Shareholder To Taunt Corzine; Bought Corzine’s Old House As A Tear-Down http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/vultures_pick_mf_carcass_EkuxrN5GV… State (NJ) Takes Newborn Because It Doesn’t Like Baby’s Name http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/shock_newborn_couple_who_named_kids_s… Cantor Analyst Fired For Telling Truth; Called Unprofessional http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2011/11/18/annaly-cantor-analyst-gets-cr… Miami “Doctor” Has “Pumping Parties”; Injects Cement In Womens’ [...] BY ALFONSO CHARDY ACHARDY@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM A Miami Police officer was arrested at gunpoint and charged with reckless driving after allegedly leading the Florida Highway Patrol on a seven-minute chase in his squad car at speeds that reached 120 mph on Florida’s Turnpike in Broward County earlier this month. A highway patrol trooper pulled out her gun to arrest Fausto López, 35, after he reportedly ignored repeated warnings to stop. López could not be reached for [...] Alex Simchuk is a suspect at large in a South Beach nightclub ring roundup. When the feds busted a syndicate of Russian-speaking nightclub owners and their so-called Bar Girls, it seemed like just another titillating tale from South Beach. But the April bust showed that the FBI is taking the Eastern European mob a lot more seriously these days than the Italian Mafia. La Cosa Nostra is no [...] NEW ORLEANS — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says federal scientists catching fish to test for possible damage from last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill accidentally drowned three dolphins. Spokeswoman Connie Barclay says the pantropical spotted dolphins were caught Wednesday from a trawl off the research ship Pisces, which works out of Pascagoula, Miss. She said [...] Very risky plays but the sky really is the limit if you have money to play with and some guts to bet against the PPT. I have taken the bet because hubris on the part of the powers that be is so extreme right now that betting against them seems like the only logical thing to do. More headlines: Scared Consumers Raise Fears of Double-Dip Recession I’ve talked with some friends who are/have been quite comfortably well-off, and a WHOLE SLEW of layoffs, early retirements, firings etc ARE COMING to State, County and city/town employees. Even in well-to-do-communities, they’ve been CRUSHED, and their budgets (built upon property and sales taxes) are woefully INADEQUATE at best, based upon PREVIOUSLY rampant speculation and ‘Drunken Sailor’ spending. I am talking about budgets that are at least 2 to 3x [...] quote The biggest drops in employment were in Virginia, which lost 32,600 jobs; California, which shed 20,400; and Michigan and Pennsylvania, which each lost 16,000. Virginia officials blamed at least part of the drop on the huge snowstorms that hit [...] |
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Florida writing standardized test scores are so abysmal, officials have changed the grading scale
BY CARA FITZPATRICK, SHELLEY ROSSETTER AND JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK
TAMPA BAY TIMES
After conceding that poor communication with teachers could have contributed to the unprecedented plunge in Florida students’ writing scores this year, the state Board of Education voted Tuesday to lower the passing mark for the test.
Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson defended the decision against critics who said it was a quick fix for bad results on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, [...]