Thursday, July 24, 2008 — Time:12:42:24 AM EST

Flags flew half-staff across the county Friday after a Fort Myers police officer who only recently finished his first year with the department was shot point-blank in the face and killed in downtown Fort Myers.

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President George Bush lifted an 18-year executive ban on offshore drilling this week to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and harvest millions of gallons of oil for the United States.

A big misconception among amateur golfers is the use of the wrists during the golf swing. Most often they are told to keep their wrists quiet, in trying to do so, they stiffen them up and try not use them at all.