Rollins College Works to Cut Carbon Footprint
Starting this week, Rollins College will be conducting a campus-wide “No Impact Experiment” in which students can participate in a variety of activities to raise awareness of consumption and work to reduce their carbon footprints.
Stealth Aircraft to Help Patrol Southwest Border
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that Predatory Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flights will begin out of Corpus Christi, Texas, beginning on Wednesday, September 1. With the deployment of an UAS in Texas, DHS unmanned aerial capabilities will now cover the Southwest Border—from the El Centro Sector in California all the way to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas—providing critical aerial surveillance assistance to personnel on the ground.
Hurricane Earl Heads toward Puerto Rico, USVI
According to the National Hurricane Center, the center of Earl will pass near or over the northernmost part of the U.S. Virgin Islands this afternoon and evening. Hurricane conditions will be spreading across the northern U.S. Virgin Islands during the next few hours and over portions of Puerto Rico this afternoon. Rainfall is expected to produce total accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with possible isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches. These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.
How Banks’ Self-Dealing Super-Charged the Financial Crisis
Over the last two years of the housing bubble, Wall Street bankers perpetrated one of the greatest episodes of self-dealing in financial history. Faced with increasing difficulty in selling the mortgage-backed securities that had been among their most lucrative products, the banks hit on a solution that preserved their quarterly earnings and huge bonuses:
New Air Conditioner Program Offers Floridians Rebate
Starting today Florida consumers who upgrade their air conditioning systems can qualify to receive a $1,500 rebate, under the Florida Energy Star Residential HVAC Rebate Program. Funded to the tune of nearly $15 million with federal stimulus funds, the program runs until December 31, or until the monies run out.
Man Burglarizes Car in Front of Police Station, Arrested
An Orlando man was caught on camera burglarizing a car in a parking lot in front of the police station on south Garland Avenue last Friday night. The parking lot which was was being monitored by police TV cameras, caught the man sitting in the front seat of the vehicle he had just burglarized.
GEICO is Latest Magic, Amway Center Community Champion
The Orlando Magic announced today a new, multi-year relationship with GEICO as the auto insurer joins the franchise and the new Amway Center as a ‘Champions of the Community’ partner. The ‘Champions of the Community’ designation represents an elite tier of brands committed to Central Florida and the Parramore community.
ORLANDO HOTEL OCCUPANCY FLAT
Orlando hotel industry performance remained virtually flat in all three key performance measurements for the week ending August 21, according to data released on Monday from Smith Travel Research (STR).
