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Up next, Josie Cotti, CEO of Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce, joins us for the latest in the Breeze, including grand opening of Bote Board, and expectations for business this Memorial Day weekend.
2 Fox News reporters targeted by Department of Justice for talking with government sources:
Correspondents Mike Rosen and William LaJeunesse and producer Mike Levine were targets of subpoenas for email records and other surveillance, and the DOJ never notified them they were being investigated
President Obama set to make a statement on tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma coming up at 9:00.
Outgoing Naval Air Museum CEO Vice Admiral Gerry Hoewing joined Rob to talk on the incoming CEO as well as the accomplishments done in in his time at the museum:
Tea Party protests at the Treasury building at Keating and Dunmire today at noon:
Microsoft could be unveiling new XBOX console today:
Let the battle for the video game industry's next generation commence. Microsoft is hosting an event at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters today (Tuesday), where they are expected to announce the successor to
Ray Manzarek, a founder member of the Doors, has died of cancer. He was 74.
Scary time lapse footage of the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado:
Captured by OKC TV helicopter
Footage of the frighteningly large, devastating tornado in Moore Oklahoma:
Large, violent tornado plowed through Moore, OK. We intercepted the tornado from within a half mile by South Moore High School. Complete destruction...prayer...
91 being reported dead in Oklahoma tornado devastation.
Awful.
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BREAKING: The devastation in Oklahoma following an EF4 Tornado. CNN reports at least 6 dead...(Photo credit to Mike Jenkins) -Jeff Knox
Does winning the lottery ruin peoples' lives?
Pests. They get in your house and think they own the place. Time to show them who’s boss. Ensec can help you do that. This week, NewsRadio1620 is getting you signed up to win a YEAR’S worth of pest control, and all you have to do is fill out the form at the link below. That’s it, no juggling tricks or driving your car backwards while singing show tunes. Come Monday, May 27th, we’ll draw a name and see if it’s you, simple as that.
BEACH OBSERVATION WHEEL GONE IN JUNE: Our newspartners at Channel 3 cite a source confirming the Observation Wheel will be leaving Pensacola Beach and heading to Atlanta, Georgia "by June". -Jeff Knox
DEPUTY ALIVE; GUN JAMS TWICE: ECSO Deputy Michael Runge pursued suspect in Oakwood Terrace this AM and suspect allegedly tried to fire at him twice but the gun jammed both times and the suspect was arrested. Details at 1:03pm on Newsradio1620. -Jeff Knox
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to Florida's death penalty system; Lawyers argued it was unconstitutional for Florida judges and not jurors to determine whether convicts should be put on death row.
NEWS: Report finds the Defense Health Program could run out of money in August thanks to sequestration; Funding cuts most likely would impact Tricare contracts, (AL.com).
Dr. Robert Smith is on PEP Talk with Wendi Summers with Ascent Audiology & Hearing (Pensacola, FL)! Trouble with your hearing, or someone in your family having issues, call the show at 850-437-1620 now!
Pests. They get in your house and think they own the place. Time to show them who’s boss. Ensec can help you do that. This week, NewsRadio1620 is getting you signed up to win a YEAR’S worth of pest control, and all you have to do is fill out the form at the link below. That’s it, no juggling tricks or driving your car backwards while singing show tunes. Come Monday, May 27th, we’ll draw a name and see if it’s you, simple as that.
NEWS: One of two winning Fantasy 5 lottery tickets was purchased in Navarre, according to the Florida Lottery; Each winning ticket is worth $85K before taxes.
(CAMARILLO, Calif.) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. Midgrade costs an average of $3.84 a gallon, and premium is $3.98.
Very sad story, body of 7 year old autistic boy, who was missing for days, found in the water off Perdido Key Sunday afternoon.
Local online newspaper for North Escambia County Florida, Pensacola, Walnut Hill, Bratt, McDavid, Molino, Century, Cantonment, Atmore, Flomaton, News
Dan Pfeiffer, a senior White House adviser, appeared on five network talk shows to mount a defense against Republican lawmakers’ who accused the president of mismanagement.
Legislators in the US state of Vermont have approved a “death-with-dignity” bill enabling terminally ill patients to request medication from their doctors to take their own lives.
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