Tech is a great place to be at the moment. Merger and acquisition activity and good company earnings make it a sector you have to be in.

The deal is fantastic news for both companies. The combination will create a company capable of thriving in today's global market.

The decline in oil is helping the market. People seem to want to close their annual books fully invested. There are more reasons to buy than not.

High oil prices hit American consumers more sharply than Europeans. I am concerned that companies will start coming out with more warnings about the effect of oil on earnings.

Florida's 2000 felon purge program resulted in over 50,000 legal voters being disenfranchised. When asked for assurances that the [2004 felon list] was 90 percent accurate -- the minimum level local supervisors of elections requested for such a list -- we were told that it was better than the 2000 list, with no data to support its accuracy.

But my roommate (former Lady Cougar Amanda Barksdale) had had surgery on her knees before. And she told me, 'If you do what you've got to do, you'll be back by the time the (Comets') season starts.' I guess I stopped crying by then.