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Breaking News: Groundbreaking Florida senator disavowed the feminist moniker
Source: Tulsa World

Winter Park :: FL :: USA | updated Sat Dec 05 00:32:06 -0800 2009 | political-news

Hawkins had been in poor health recently, having suffered a stroke and a fall, said U.S...Senate, the Republican positioned herself as a media-savvy champion of children and working mothers and an enemy of drug dealers. She lost her bid for...
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Latest Breaking News: Small increase seen in Florida revenue estimate
Source: Seattle Times

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 22:20:42 -0800 2009 | political-news

Fla. — State economists crunched numbers into the night Friday, but preliminary figures show Florida's general revenue will be a bit higher than previously forecast for the current fiscal year and the three that follow it. The revised estimate reflects...
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Current News: Panel says complaints won't fly
Source: Pensacola News Journal

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 23:09:20 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Florida Commission on Ethics threw out complaints Friday against Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum for their use of state airplanes. Even the man who filed a complaint against Kottkamp praised...
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Current World News: Will legal caveat defeat SunRail?
Source: The News Journal

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | updated Sat Dec 05 00:54:08 -0800 2009 | political-news

Florida lawmakers dug into a 49-page bill Friday that conjures a future of passenger trains zipping through the state. But for the proposed SunRail commuter-rail system in Central Florida, the bill comes down to this: Will lawmakers go along with...
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Latest World News: Manatee teacher suspended for improperly disciplining student
Source: Herald Tribune

Bradenton :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 12:57:40 -0800 2009 | political-news

Manatee teacher suspended for improperly discipling student Chris O'Donnell Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:42 p.m. A Manatee County teacher may be fired after being suspended for the second time in seven months for improperly disciplining students. District officials...
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Current Event: Florida House resists changing commuter rail bill
Source: Seattle Times

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 12:16:02 -0800 2009 | political-news

Fla. — The Florida House wrangled Friday over a proposal to create a commuter rail system in central Florida as a prelude to the bill's expected passage in that chamber Monday. The situation, though, isn't as clear in the Senate,...
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Latest World Event: Florida claims record high grad rates
Source: Bradenton Herald

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 21:27:48 -0800 2009 | political-news

Florida’s high school graduation rate jumped by 3 percentage points to a record 76.3 percent this year, state education officials said Friday, but a critic said the state is still a “dropout factory.” In Manatee and Sarasota’s school district’s the...
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Source: The Naples Daily News

Naples :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 08:46:22 -0800 2009 | political-news

In the deal, members paid $6.8 million in cash for their club assets and assumed $15 million in debt for a Community Development District, which was used to help develop roads and other needed projects to get Mediterra going. More...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Keystone :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 20:22:01 -0800 2009 | political-news

Sheriff's officials say a woman caught trying to use a man's ski pass at Keystone Resort in Colorado claimed she was in the middle of a sex change...A report from the Summit County Sheriff's Office says the woman told a...
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Breaking World News: Lawyer allegedly contributed Ponzi funds
Source: United Press International

Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated Thu Dec 03 22:21:47 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Florida lawyer arrested on racketeering and fraud charges donated to political campaigns with funds from a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, prosecutors alleged. Federal prosecutors said Scott Rothstein, arrested Tuesday, also once hosted 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain at...
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