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Morning News Recap

Posted: 5:47 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013

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Good Friday morning!  We'll see the sun return today and it's dry but cool. Temps are in the low 60's through the weekend. We'll have a chance of rain both days of the weekend.

Today's interview lineup:

At 6:53 hear Jamie Dupree explain how close John Boehner came to losing his post as House Speaker.

At 8:23 hear Jamie Dupree explain how new Congress Ted Yoho has already made a name for himself following his vote for House Speaker. 

The Big Three Stories on Jacksonville's Morning News:

1.) Search for a hit and run driver. New this morning, police are looking for a blue van with obvious damage. The Florida Highway Patrol says a person walking near Timiquana Road west of Seaboard Avenue around 10pm Thursday was struck and killed. The victim is a 46 year-old Jacksonville resident but the name has not been released.

2.) Superstorm Sandy relief bill. The $9.7 billion bill to pay flood insurance claims is set for a vote in Congress, boosting prospects for relief for the many home and business owners flooded out by Superstorm Sandy. The bigger chunk of more that $50 billion is expected to get a vote January 15ht.

3.) New Congress. The 113th Congress is getting down to business with big fights ahead on spending, immigration, and gun control. John Boehner will remain Speaker of the House despite a loosely-organized rebellion by some Republicans. Newly elected Congressman Ted Yoho voted against Boehner, saying the Republican leader needs to be more aggressive on budget issues.

A retirement home security guard is charged with stealing from the people he was supposed to protect. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office says 20-year-old Andrew Schmidt took jewelery, money, and other items from an 82-year-old resident of the Glenmoor Retirement Community, where he worked. He allegedly pawned those items in St. Augustine. Detectives say he pawned other things as well but they have not figured out the other victims involved.

The Principal at Windy Hill Elementary School faces reassignment and a reduction in salary. New this morning, we're told the Duval School District is investigating Sharon Sanders' alleged misconduct with testing procedures. The issue will be addressed at its January meeting.

A sleep diagnostics company headquartered in Jacksonville has settled a federal lawsuit by paying a $15.3 million bill. American Sleep provides testing for people suffering sleep disorders which are billed to Medicare and other healthcare providers. The US government says the people performing the tests were not properly certified, which means the billing was false. The company is also now subject to enhanced accountability and monitoring.

A Jacksonville student minister is out of jail on bond following charges of molesting a minor. Allegations against Christ's Church student minister 38-year-old David Lawson first surfaced in mid-December. The police report shows the incidents happened on the church grounds begining late September. He's charged with four counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a 15-year-old and has been Baker Acted because he expressed suicidal thoughts on the incident.

The controversy over a New York newspaper's publication of a database of gun permit holders is turning into an open government standoff. A county clerk is refusing to release names and addresses of residents with pistol permits.
And New York State Senator Greg Ball is trying to stop the "Journal News" from releasing the information. Ball is calling on people who live in the area to boycott the paper.

Google is handed a significant victory. The Federal Trade Commission rules the company has not violated anti-trust or anti-competition statutes in the way it arranges its web search results. Google avoids a costly legal fight. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz says the ruling ensures a fair playing field for internet search, and search advertising.

 
 
 

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