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ATTENTION Car Buyers - Buy one, Get One Free in Miami

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Business News

Posted by onlinebusinesswoman

Amidst U.S. car manufacturer worries, and the hundreds of car dealerships that have already closed in the United States, dealerships are offering creative incentives to buyers in order to sell cars. In Miami, that includes a Buy One, Get One...

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Obama drops call for oil windfall profit tax

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 9 hours ago | Political News

Source: Miami Herald

President-elect Barack Obama has shelved his proposal to impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies now that prices have fallen from record levels earlier in the year, according to a transition aide. Obama in August called for the government...

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Car dealers get creative

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Business News

Source: CNN

Sykora, a third-generation car saleswoman who sells Big Three automobiles at dealerships in Slaton and Levelland, Texas, said she recently sat down with the superintendent of Slaton schools. "We started discussing what would happen if the dealerships in my hometown...

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Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 21 hours ago | Political News

Source: Miami Herald

When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call...But, the Miami Herald reports, this was no prank. "I thought it was one of the radio stations in South...

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Connolly says Bulger spoke of surrender

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 21 hours ago | No category

Source: The Boston Globe

As he sat in a local jail yesterday on the eve of his sentencing for murder, former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. revealed that fugitive gangster James "Whitey" Bulger called him twice after fleeing Boston and discussed the possibility...

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Jauron accepts criticism during Bills meltdown

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 24 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Miami Herald

Bills coach Dick Jauron isn't showing any signs of flinching for someone who suddenly finds himself on the hot seat. With his familiar even-keel delivery, Jauron on Wednesday acknowledged the angry boos he heard from Bills fans following the team's...

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Why Jimmie Johnson is underappreciated

Miami :: FL :: USA | about 19 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Apparently, Jimmie Johnson is too good – in every meaning of the word...Three years running, Johnson and his team have performed almost flawlessly when the championships have been on the line. But instead of praising Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus...

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Subway to pay more for tomatoes

Miami :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: Miami Herald

Subway became the latest fast-food chain to agree to a deal designed to pay migrant workers at least another penny per pound for all Florida tomatoes they pick. At the Miami offices of Subway's Independent Purchasing Cooperative, the company signed...

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Historic sign returns in Miami

Miami :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: Bradenton Herald

The 35-foot illuminated sign shows the pigtailed Coppertone girl with her dog pulling at the bottom of her bathing suit. It has been a fixture of Miami since 1959 when it was installed to promote Coppertone, but it was taken...

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Buffalo News: Student kills self in front of webcam

Miami :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago | Entertainment News

Source: Uinta County News

A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on and others tried to talk him out of it. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify...

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