Technologies, such as screen readers, allow the blind to use computer programs to listen to text being read by an automated voice. That’s one of the reasons for the decline in braille literacy, according to the Florida Division of Blind Services. But that has created challenges for the blind who are not literate. Read more...
After 30 years of trials and appeals Oscar Ray Bolin, 53, who was convicted of fatally stabbing and bludgeoning three Tampa Bay area women in 1986, was executed at Florida State Prison in Starke. Relatives and friends of his victims expressed relief at his execution, while death penalty opponents and his attorneys continued to believe that he was innocent. Read more...
The new College Football Playoff system is here and ready for it’s first run on January first. The format is simple the best four teams will enter two semi-final games and the two that come out on top will head to a championship game where the winner takes all… title, trophy, and bragging rights for the year. Read more...