Pasture could become state's largest solar-energy farm

A Lake County pasture where cows now graze could soon become Florida's largest solar-energy farm, producing enough power for 8,000 homes.

The Sorrento project, one of several sun-power ventures in operation, under construction or planned in Central Florida, would eclipse Florida Power & Light's 25-megawatt Next Generation Solar Energy Center in DeSoto County as the state's largest, said Craig Livingston, Blue Chip Energy's project manager and architect.

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Educators, business team up to bridge student “digital divide”

Can you imagine trying to do research for an assignment or type a paper without your own computer? For low-income students, this is often the reality. Sure, they can sometimes trek to public libraries to use computers there, but with long waits, time-use limits, and libraries cutting back their hours, more kids are left without a way to complete critical schoolwork. The San Diego County Office of Education's "Unlimited Access" program, a collaborative effort with businesses and nonprofits, may have a solution.

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Obama Turns FEMA Around

Back in April, The New York Times sent a reporter down to Tuscaloosa, Alabama—a state where tornadoes have killed more than 250 people—and found that residents generally had upbeat things to say about the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an agency that had been reviled for its bureaucratic bungling after Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans into a fish tank. “It ain’t like Katrina,” said one homeless resident. “We’re getting help.” So has the Obama administration really turned FEMA around?

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GOP vs Obama: Providing Aide to Joplin Missouri

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