By Gayle Sato
If your planned holiday budget now seems like a quaint—and unrealistic—memory, you’re not alone. With well-honored traditions of gift giving, festivities and holiday travel, the urge to splurge is understandable. In fact, in a recent Experian holiday spending survey, nearly two-thirds of respondents said they believe they spend too much during the holidays.
Want to own a South Florida house that was made famous in the 1980s sci-fi film, “Flight of the Navigator”?
Now you can, for a cool $16.9 million.
The waterfront property at 615 Idlewyld Drive in Fort Lauderdale was one of the earth-bound locations for the 1986 film.
The family-friendly film, which could have been pitched to Hollywood execs as “E.T., but the kid time-travels in a futuristic spacecraft,” follows a Fort Lauderdale tween as he is whisked away by a “fantastic flying machine,” has lots of adventures, befriends aliens aboard, and eventually returns to South Florida.
As in most movies, especially those of the 1980s, “normal” families live in digs that are far from normal.
The half-acre property faces east over the Intracoastal Waterway, and sits on one of the larger lots in the Idlewyld neighborhood, a semi-private, gated community near the Las Olas Bridge.
The same family has owned the five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom manse for 30 years and updated it in 2022 with modern features and finishes such as Miele appliances, custom cabinetry, and quartzite countertops in the kitchen.
By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News
Shannon Sharpe was having one of those 15-minutes-of-internet-infamy moments. Social media blew up in September after the retired Denver Broncos tight end — accidentally, he later said — broadcast some of his intimate activities online.
Port Canaveral officials took note of the division forming between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Legislature as they went over their government-related pursuits for the coming year.
In the port authority’s first meeting of the year Wednesday, commissioners discussed their legislative priorities.
Diane Luensmann, the port authority’s vice president for government and strategic communications, outlined the major pushes. They include port security grant funding, supply chain stability including improvement and expansion of roadways and bridges, support of commercial fishing, seaport stability, energy security, growing the tourism economy, protecting the environment around the port and to supporting Florida’s role in expanding space operations.
While commissioners voted to approve the priorities, commission chair Wayne Justice wanted to gauge how political headbutting that became apparent during a special session called by DeSantis this week would affect the port.
“It’s been a volatile week in Tallahassee. I’d like any comments on where this is all headed,” Justice said. “I mean, there’s a rift, to be kind — the term — and I’d like to just hear what some of your thoughts on as we look ahead.”
By Katie Kelton, Bankrate.com
Would you be upset if you found out your partner had a credit card you didn’t know about? On the flip side, have you ever fudged the numbers with your spouse about a recent shopping spree? Romantic relationships can come with mixed feelings about money. That’s why we asked more than 2,000 people for their takes.