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Gas Tips: Helping You Save Some Money
Last Updated: 7:14 PM 05/16/08 - With gas prices skyrocketing and no relief in sight, wouldn't you like to save a few bucks at the pump? There are a few ways you can beat those high gas prices and save a few bucks.
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Bay County Commissioners Turn To Sheriff's Office for Jail Operation
Last Updated: 6:38 PM 05/16/08 - Since the Corrections Corporation of America announced earlier this week it will be terminating its contract to operate the Bay County Jail later this year, county commissioners have been searching for a new operator. It now appears they're looking toward the Bay County Sheriff's Office to fill the void. (Full Story)
TAFB Robots
Last Updated: 6:07 PM 05/16/08 - Some area middle and high school students got the chance to see some new technology firsthand this week at Tyndall Air Force Base. (Full Story)
The "N Word" Allegation
Last Updated: 5:34 PM 05/16/08 - There's another new complaint against a Calhoun County Sheriff's Office employee, but this one has nothing to do with sex. It has to do with race. (Full Story)
Florida Woods and Brush Fires
Last Updated: 3:43 PM 05/16/08 - More than 100 wildfires continue to burn across the state Friday. A total of 29 homes have been destroyed and dozens of others have been damaged. Rain is offering some relief. But, it’s a mixed blessing. (Full Story)
Georgia Teens Arrested for Beach Robbery
Last Updated: 3:36 PM 05/16/08 - Three Georgia teenagers have been arrested for beating a woman on Panama City Beach early Friday morning. (Full Story)
Allstate Back in Business

Last Updated: 3:32 PM 05/16/08 - Allstate Insurance is back in the business of selling new policies, two and a half days after a court ruled the state could penalize the company for failing to turn over its rate setting and claims paying records. (Full Story)
Foreclosure Numbers Through the Roof
Last Updated: 3:40 PM 05/16/08 - The number of forecloses is higher than it's ever been. This year residents in Walton County might see over 1,500 foreclosures in their area alone. (Full Story)
$1.6 Million Port Security Grant
Last Updated: 2:15 PM 05/16/08 - Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida) today announced a $1.677 million federal grant for the City of Panama City to enhance port security at Port Panama City. (Full Story)
Sunshine State Jobless

Last Updated: 11:29 AM 05/16/08 - Florida's unemployment rate remained the same in April, just under 5 percent. (Full Story)
Fantasy Five

Last Updated: 11:27 AM 05/16/08 - Six winning tickets for Thursday night's Florida Lottery Fantasy Five drawing were sold statewide, and one of those winners was sold in this area. (Full Story)
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  • After quake, 1-child policy causes pain

    Bi Kaiwei holds a photo of his daughter Bi Yuexing, who was killed when her schoolroom collapsed in Monday's earthquake, in the rubble of the school in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 16, 2008. Most of the students killed when Wufu's school collapsed were only children, deepening the pain of parents who had stuck to China's one-child policy. Parents complained that the school was shoddily built, a common allegation with almost 7,000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake.  For  couples who adhered to China's one-child policy and lost their only child in this week's massive earthquake, the tragedy has been doubly cruel.


  • China aftershock triggers landslides

    Rescuers carry out a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province  on Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China.


  • Cyclone toll rises to almost 78,000

    Children displaced by the cyclone Nargis take care of a flooded area at a relief camp in Hlayang Thyar township on the outskirts of Yangon on May 16, 2008.  Children in cyclone-hit Myanmar who are sleeping on the streets without adult protection are at risk of not only diseases but also sexual abuse, a UNICEF spokeswoman warned on May 16,2008.  AFP PHOTO/Khin Maung Win (Photo credit should read KHIN MAUNG WIN/AFP/Getty Images)The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar’s killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts.


  • For losing horses in Puerto Rico, it's win or die

    Jockeys leave the starting gate as they ride their thoroughbreds at the Camarero racetrack in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Friday, March 14, 2008. About 450 retired thoroughbreds, many in perfect health, are killed each year by lethal injection at a clinic tucked behind Puerto Rico's only racetrack, shortening their options of becoming jumping or riding horses, as happens in the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death. Losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive.


  • Saudi Arabia rebuffs Bush on oil output

    President Bush sits with Saudi King Abdullah upon his arrival at Riyadh-King Kahlid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The White House said Friday that Saudi Arabia's leaders are making clear they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it.