44 - Palin signs on with Fox News Sarah Palin, who regularly rips the media, is becoming a television pundit at a place where she's likely to feel at home. A Fox News executive says the network will shortly announce that the former vice-presidential nominee is signing on as a contributor.

Paul Raushenbush: The Religious Case for Moving Your Money Where Your Heart Is In my sermon at the Princeton University Chapel this Christmas, I brought in good, old George Bailey from It's a Wonderful Life. My reference to It's a Wonderful Life was to pose the troubling question of which portrait looked more familiar: the bucolic final scene of Bedford Falls, or George's nightmare of the brutal and callous Pottersville? Which depiction of America was a closer representation of the economic reality as we enter the second decade of the 21st century?

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Looking for Labor-Themed Films? Check This Out You probably won’t find many of these films on the shelves of your local video store. But there are now two new sources to track down labor films—from a four-minute short experimental film about undocumented immigrants who died while trapped inside a tractor trailer in Texas to blockbusters like “Norma Rae” and ”The Grapes of Wrath.”

FPL faces key vote on rate increase of up to 30 percent - Today's Top Stories - TALLAHASSEE -- After spending 10 months and $5 million on a public-relations campaign, Florida Power & Light's push to win a $1.3 billion increase in electric rates comes down to a single vote on Wednesday. To make the decision, the five-member Public Service Commission will wade through a thicket of financial data and economic projections -- but the background will be pure politics.

Crist stands by Obama hug, stimulus thanks ORLANDO — Gov. Charlie Crist tried to shed two big image problems — his hug of President Obama and past support of the $787 billion federal stimulus package — in a party-unity plea Saturday that sounded like a preview of his U.S. Senate campaign theme.

Grant money clears way for Brevard homeless count | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY Brevard County service agencies have received nearly $1 million in federal grants to provide services for homeless men, women and children. And during the last week of January, the county will conduct its annual homeless census to estimate how many residents lack a permanent address amid frigid weather and the lackluster economy