John McCain running mate Sarah Palin sought Thursday to defend her qualifications but struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she's never met a foreign head of state. ...more

September 12, 2008

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September 11, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Several merchants and the town mayor agreed on Monday that uprooting and replanting six recently planted cabbage palms and installing 11 new ones is an improvement. A $25,000 Urban and Community Forestry Grant from the Florida Division of Forestry paid for the planting of 127 cabbage palms late last year, and almost immediately, residents said they either loved or hated the addition of the trees. Complaints from drivers concerning poor visibility at the Eucalyptus Street and Interlake Boulevard intersection even sparked an investigation by the Lake Placid Police Department. ...more

January 29, 2008